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The paper presents the use of bankruptcy prediction models to evaluate the viability of the companies comprising the WIG-Spożywczy stock index. The applied models are the logit model and linear discriminant function. The result obtained (the theorieticial probability of bankruptcy and the value of the discriminant function) allow a general conclusion that in the period under review the condition of food companies was good. Both in 2008 and 2009, the average annual theoretical probability of bankruptcy was small (16 and 18%, respectively). The average values of the discriminant function in the two years remained below zero, which provides yet another evidence for the good condition of companies in this sector.