LANCE, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

      EXHIBIT 32

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In connection with the Quarterly Report of Lance, Inc. (the “Company”) on Form 10-Q for the period ended March 28, 2009 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), we, David V. Singer, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company, and Rick D. Puckett, Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Secretary of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 1350, as adopted pursuant to § 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

(1)	The Report fully complies with the requirements of section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and
(2)	The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

A signed original of this written statement required by Section 906 has been provided to Lance, Inc. and will be retained by Lance, Inc. and furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission or its staff upon request.

/s/ David V. Singer David V. Singer	/s/ Rick D. Puckett Rick D. Puckett
President and Chief Executive Officer	Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer,
April 24, 2009	Treasurer and Secretary
	April 24, 2009