Ownership Submission
FORM 3
 UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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(Print or Type Responses)
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *
  PETTINATO FRANCO
 2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
02/14/2007		 3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
ASCENDIA BRANDS, INC. [ASB]
(Last)
(First)
(Middle)
C/O ASCENDIA BRANDS, INC., 100 AMERICAN METRO BOULEVARD, SUITE 108		 4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
_____ Director _____ 10% Owner
__X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below)
Senior V.P., Operations
 5. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year)
(Street)

HAMILTON, NJ 08619		 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line)
_X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person
___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
(City)
(State)
(Zip)
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security
(Instr. 4)		 2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned
(Instr. 4)		 3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 5)		 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 5)
Common Stock 1,303,519
D
 

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Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security
(Instr. 4)		 2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(Month/Day/Year)		 3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security
(Instr. 4)		 4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 5. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 5)		 6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 5)
Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships
Director 10% Owner Officer Other
PETTINATO FRANCO
C/O ASCENDIA BRANDS, INC.
100 AMERICAN METRO BOULEVARD, SUITE 108
HAMILTON, NJ 08619		       Senior V.P., Operations  

Signatures

/s/ Frank Pettinato 02/15/2007
**Signature of Reporting Person Date

Explanation of Responses:

* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 5(b)(v).
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
 
Remarks:
On February 14, 2007, the holders of the Common Stock of the Issuer, at an annual meeting of the stockholders of the Issuer,
 approved a resolution providing for the conversion of each then outstanding share of Series A Junior Participating Preferred
 Stock into 10,208.9664 shares of Common Stock of the Company.  In accordance with the designations of the Series A Junior
 Participating Preferred Stock, without any further action by the Issuer or the Filing Person, the 127.6837 shares of Series
 A Junior Participating Preferred Stock owned by the Filing Person were immediately after the stockholder vote converted into
 an aggregate of 1,303,519 shares of Common Stock of the Issuer.

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