They are more sellable now than before." That said, Pinheiro doesn't expect anything will happen prior to Hain releasing its audited numbers. Five big consumer packaged good companies are often mentioned by analysts as potent suitors for Hain: Campbell Soup, J.M. Smucker, Kellogg and to a lesser extent Nestle and General Mills. They indicate that the big packaged food companies are hungry for growth and acquisitions in the organic and natural products space and are either flush with cash or have the balance sheets to support a transaction. Spokespersons for Campbell Soup, Nestle, General Mills and Kellogg said the companies had no comment. "A larger-scale traditional packaged foods firm may well look to Hain as an acquisition target just because there are so many distribution-related wins possible," said Akbari. "Once these accounting issues resolve themselves, you could see some renewed momentum on that side."