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    <periodOfReport>2010-05-11</periodOfReport>

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        <issuerName>HAIN CELESTIAL GROUP INC</issuerName>
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            <rptOwnerName>ICAHN CARL C</rptOwnerName>
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    <reportingOwner>
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            <rptOwnerName>HIGH RIVER LIMITED PARTNERSHIP</rptOwnerName>
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    <reportingOwner>
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            <rptOwnerName>BARBERRY CORP.</rptOwnerName>
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    <reportingOwner>
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    <reportingOwner>
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            <rptOwnerStreet1>445 HAMILTON AVENUE</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>SUITE 1210</rptOwnerStreet2>
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    <reportingOwner>
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            <rptOwnerCik>0001257324</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>ICAHN ENTERPRISES G.P. INC.</rptOwnerName>
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    <reportingOwner>
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            <rptOwnerCik>0001034563</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>ICAHN ENTERPRISES HOLDINGS L.P.</rptOwnerName>
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            <rptOwnerStreet1>445 HAMILTON AVENUE</rptOwnerStreet1>
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    <reportingOwner>
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            <rptOwnerStreet1>445 HAMILTON AVENUE</rptOwnerStreet1>
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    <reportingOwner>
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            <rptOwnerCik>0001322825</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>ICAHN OFFSHORE LP</rptOwnerName>
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            <rptOwnerStreet1>445 HAMILTON AVENUE</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>SUITE 1210</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>WHITE PLAINS</rptOwnerCity>
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    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001322826</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>ICAHN ONSHORE LP</rptOwnerName>
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        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>445 HAMILTON AVENUE</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>SUITE 1210</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>WHITE PLAINS</rptOwnerCity>
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            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share (&quot;Common Shares&quot;)</value>
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            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>3625591</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>I</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
                <natureOfOwnership>
                    <value>please see footnotes</value>
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                    <footnoteId id="F2"/>
                    <footnoteId id="F3"/>
                    <footnoteId id="F4"/>
                    <footnoteId id="F5"/>
                    <footnoteId id="F6"/>
                    <footnoteId id="F7"/>
                    <footnoteId id="F8"/>
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                </natureOfOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeHolding>
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    <derivativeTable>
        <derivativeHolding>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Call Option (&quot;right to purchase&quot;)</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <conversionOrExercisePrice>
                <value>11.7</value>
            </conversionOrExercisePrice>
            <exerciseDate>
                <value>2010-05-07</value>
            </exerciseDate>
            <expirationDate>
                <value>2012-05-07</value>
            </expirationDate>
            <underlyingSecurity>
                <underlyingSecurityTitle>
                    <value>Common Stock</value>
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                    <value>1239624</value>
                </underlyingSecurityShares>
            </underlyingSecurity>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>I</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
                <natureOfOwnership>
                    <value>please see all footnotes</value>
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                    <footnoteId id="F2"/>
                    <footnoteId id="F3"/>
                    <footnoteId id="F4"/>
                    <footnoteId id="F5"/>
                    <footnoteId id="F6"/>
                    <footnoteId id="F7"/>
                    <footnoteId id="F8"/>
                    <footnoteId id="F9"/>
                </natureOfOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </derivativeHolding>
        <derivativeHolding>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Put Option (&quot;obligation to purchase&quot;)</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <conversionOrExercisePrice>
                <value>11.7</value>
            </conversionOrExercisePrice>
            <exerciseDate>
                <value>2010-05-07</value>
            </exerciseDate>
            <expirationDate>
                <value>2012-05-07</value>
            </expirationDate>
            <underlyingSecurity>
                <underlyingSecurityTitle>
                    <value>please see footnote</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F8"/>
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                    <value>1239624</value>
                </underlyingSecurityShares>
            </underlyingSecurity>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>I</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
                <natureOfOwnership>
                    <value>please see all footnotes</value>
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                    <footnoteId id="F2"/>
                    <footnoteId id="F3"/>
                    <footnoteId id="F4"/>
                    <footnoteId id="F5"/>
                    <footnoteId id="F6"/>
                    <footnoteId id="F7"/>
                    <footnoteId id="F8"/>
                    <footnoteId id="F9"/>
                </natureOfOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </derivativeHolding>
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    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">High River Limited Partnership (&quot;High River&quot;) directly beneficially owns 973,043 Shares (including Call Options (as defined below), Icahn Partners LP (&quot;Icahn Partners&quot;) directly beneficially owns 1,417,006 Shares (including Call Options), Icahn Partners Master Fund LP (&quot;Icahn Master&quot;) directly beneficially owns 1,669,985  Shares (including Call Options), Icahn Partners Master Fund II LP (&quot;Icahn Master II&quot;) directly beneficially owns 584,615 Shares (including Call Options), and Icahn Partners Master Fund III LP (&quot;Icahn Master III&quot;) directly beneficially owns 220,566 Shares (including Call Options).</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">Barberry Corp. (&quot;Barberry&quot;), is the sole member of Hopper Investments LLC (&quot;Hopper&quot;), which is the general partner of High River. Beckton Corp. (&quot;Beckton&quot;) is the sole stockholder of Icahn Enterprises G.P. Inc. (&quot;Icahn Enterprises GP&quot;), which is the general partner of Icahn Enterprises Holdings L.P. (&quot;Icahn Enterprises Holdings&quot;). Icahn Enterprises Holdings is the sole member of IPH GP LLC (&quot;IPH&quot;), which is the general partner of Icahn Capital LP (&quot;Icahn Capital&quot;). Icahn Capital is the general partner of each of Icahn Onshore LP (&quot;Icahn Onshore&quot;) and Icahn Offshore LP (&quot;Icahn Offshore&quot;). Icahn Onshore is the general partner of Icahn Partners. Icahn Offshore is the general partner of each of Icahn Master, Icahn Master II and Icahn Master III.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">Each of Barberry and Beckton is 100 percent owned by Carl C. Icahn. As such, Mr. Icahn is in a position indirectly to determine the investment and voting decisions made by each of High River, Icahn Partners, Icahn Master, Icahn Master II and Icahn Master III. Each of Hopper, Barberry and Mr. Icahn may be deemed to indirectly beneficially own (as that term is defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Act) the Shares (including Options) which High River owns. Each of Hopper, Barberry and Mr. Icahn disclaims beneficial ownership of such Shares (including Options) except to the extent of their pecuniary interest therein.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F4">Each of Icahn Onshore, Icahn Capital, IPH, Icahn Enterprises Holdings, Icahn Enterprises GP, Beckton and Mr. Icahn may be deemed to indirectly beneficially own (as that term is defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Act) the Shares (including Options) which Icahn Partners owns. Each of Icahn Onshore, Icahn Capital, IPH, Icahn Enterprises Holdings, Icahn Enterprises GP, Beckton and Mr. Icahn disclaims beneficial ownership of such Shares (including Options) except to the extent of their pecuniary interest therein.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F5">Each of Icahn Offshore, Icahn Capital, IPH, Icahn Enterprises Holdings, Icahn Enterprises GP, Beckton and Mr. Icahn may be deemed to indirectly beneficially own (as that term is defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Act) the Shares (including Options) which each of Icahn Master, Icahn Master II and Icahn Master III owns. Each of Icahn Offshore, Icahn Capital, IPH, Icahn Enterprises Holdings, Icahn Enterprises GP, Beckton and Mr. Icahn disclaims beneficial ownership of such Shares (including Options)except to the extent of their pecuniary interest therein.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F6">High River directly beneficially owns 247,925 call options (the &quot;Call Options&quot;), Icahn Partners directly beneficially owns 361,043 Call Options, Icahn Master directly beneficially owns 425,500 Call Options, Icahn Master II directly beneficially owns 148,957 Call Options, and Icahn Master III directly beneficially owns 56,199 Call Options.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F7">High River directly wrote 247,925 European-style put options (the &quot;Put Options,&quot; and together with the Call Options, the &quot;Options&quot;), Icahn Partners directly wrote 361,043 Put Options, Icahn Master directly wrote 425,500 Put Options, Icahn Master II directly wrote 148,957 Put Options, and Icahn Master III directly wrote 56,199 Put Options.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F8">The Call Options reference an aggregate of 1,239,624 shares of common stock of The Hain Celestial Group Inc. and have an exercise price of $11.70, and expire on May 7, 2012.  The Put Options have an exercise price of $11.70, reference an aggregate of 1,239,624 underlying Shares and expire on May 7, 2012. The Put Options provide that they settle in cash.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F9">Please reference the Form 3 filing dated May 13, 2010, filed separately by certain other related Reporting Persons.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <remarks></remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>CARL C. ICAHN</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2010-05-13</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>HIGH RIVER LIMITED PARTNERSHIP</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2010-05-13</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>BARBERRY CORP.</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2010-05-13</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>HOPPER INVESTMENTS LLC</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2010-05-13</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>BECKTON CORP.</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2010-05-13</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>ICAHN ENTERPRISES G.P. INC.</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2010-05-13</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>ICAHN ENTERPRISES HOLDINGS L.P.</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2010-05-13</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>ICAHN CAPITAL LP</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2010-05-13</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>ICAHN OFFSHORE LP</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2010-05-13</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>ICAHN ONSHORE LP</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2010-05-13</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
