EXHIBIT 23.1


                          INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S CONSENT


The Board of Directors
General Mills, Inc.:

We consent to the use of our reports dated June 25, 2001 with respect to the
consolidated financial statements of General Mills, Inc. incorporated by
reference herein.

We consent to the use of our report dated November 7, 2001, relating to the
combined balance sheets of The Pillsbury Company, its subsidiaries and its
related entities, a Business of Diageo plc., as of June 30, 2001 and 2000, and
the related combined statements of operations, stockholders' deficit and
comprehensive income (loss), and cash flows for each of the fiscal years in the
three-year period ended June 30, 2001, incorporated by reference herein.

                                    /s/ KPMG

Minneapolis, Minnesota
June 7, 2002