For Immediate Release
October 2, 2002

Pizza Hut of Fort Wayne
Contact: Tom Borne, (260) 420-6169

Pizza Hut Serving Up Heart-Healthy Pizza with
Galaxy Nutritional Foods'® Veggie Mozzarella
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Fort Wayne, Ind. and Orlando, Fla. (October 2, 2002) - Pizza Hut of Fort Wayne is now offering a Lite Bite Menu topped exclusively with Galaxy Nutritional Foods' Veggie Mozzarella. Galaxy Nutritional Foods (AMEX: GXY) is a leading producer of nutritious plant-based dairy alternatives for the retail and foodservice markets. Pizza Hut of Fort Wayne is the first Pizza Hut franchise to include this heart-healthy and delicious alternative.

Veggie Mozzarella is a saturated fat-free, cholesterol-free, transfatty acid-free and lactose-free topping that satisfies your taste buds and desires for healthy eating.

"Today's customer continues to look for healthy alternatives in their daily diets. We've spent considerable time and energy to find a great tasting product that allows our customers the freedom to enjoy our menu items while cutting their calories, saturated fat and cholesterol. Our Lite Bite Menu provides that answer," said Ralph Wilson, director of operations of Pizza Hut of Fort Wayne.

"We are pleased that the leading franchisee of Pizza Hut has taken an active role in bringing our healthy and delicious Veggie Mozzarella to its consumers by including it as a dedicated menu option on its printed menus," stated Angelo S. Morini, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Galaxy Nutritional Foods. "As the fast food industry continues to look for healthier and great tasting alternatives for consumers on-the-go, we are excited that Galaxy's Veggie Mozzarella can help lead the way with pizza, the number one food consumed in America, and can motivate consumers to make the healthy choice."

Veggie Mozzarella will top all of Pizza Hut's Lite Bite menu choices and be available as a topping on any of your favorite Pizza Hut pizzas. The Pizza Hut Lite Bite Menu includes healthy toppings such as chicken, green peppers, onions, mushrooms, and roma tomatoes, as well as the selection of all traditional pizza toppings available at Pizza Hut.

Dick Freeland founded Pizza Hut of Fort Wayne in 1972 with one restaurant. Today, Pizza Hut of Fort Wayne includes 44 restaurants in Indiana and Ohio. More information about Pizza Hut of Fort Wayne can be found at www.pizzahutfwi.com.

ABOUT GALAXY NUTRITIONAL FOODS
Galaxy Nutritional Foods® is the leading producer of health-promoting plant-based dairy and dairy-related alternatives for the retail and foodservice markets. An exclusive, new and technologically advanced, safer "hot process" is used to produce these phytonutrient-enriched products, made from nature's best grains - soy, rice and oats. Veggie products are low fat and fat free (saturated fat and trans-fatty acid free), cholesterol and lactose free, are growth hormone and antibiotic free, and have more calcium, vitamins and other minerals than conventional dairy products. Because they are made with plant proteins, the products are more environmentally friendly and economically efficient than dairy products derived solely form animal proteins. Galaxy's products are part of the healthy and natural foods category, the fastest growing segment of the retail food market. Galaxy brand names include: Galaxy Nutritional Foods®; Veggie®; Nature's Alternative™; Veggie Lite Bakery™; Veggie Café™; Soyco®; Soymage®; Wholesome Valley®; Lite Bakery®; and formägg®. For more information, please visit Galaxy's website at www.galaxyfoods.com.

This press release contains "forward-looking" statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties, or other factors which may cause actual results, performance or achievements of the company to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on those forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date hereof. The company undertakes no obligation to release publicly any revisions to these forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date hereof or to reflect unanticipated events or developments.