- Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership (4)

FORM 4 [ ] Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b).	UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES	OMB APPROVAL OMB Number: 3235-0287 Expires: February 28, 2011 Estimated average burden hours per response... 0.5
	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(f) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person * MUTO RICHARD W	2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol DEL MONTE FOODS CO [ DLM ]	5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) _____ Director                      _____ 10% Owner __ X __ Officer (give title below)      _____ Other (specify below) EVP and Chief HR Officer
(Last)          (First)          (Middle) PO BOX 193575	3. Date of Earliest Transaction (MM/DD/YYYY) 9/23/2010
(Street) SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94119 (City)        (State)        (Zip)	4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed (MM/DD/YYYY)	6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) _ X _ Form filed by One Reporting Person ___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Trans. Date	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any	3. Trans. Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
			Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price
Common Stock, $0.01, Par Value	9/23/2010		A		7500   (1)	A	$0   (2)	62449   (3)	D
Common Stock, $0.01, Par Value								33615   (4)	I	401(k)

Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned ( e.g. , puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivate Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Trans. Date	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any	4. Trans. Code (Instr. 8)		5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date		7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4)		8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)	9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)	10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
				Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares
Stock Option (right To Purchase)	$12.64	9/23/2010		A		52400		(5)	9/23/2020	Common Stock, $0.01, Par Value	52400	$0	52400	D
Performance Share	$0   (6)	9/23/2010		A		24900   (7)		(8)	(9)	Common Stock, $0.01, Par Value	24900	$0	78000   (10)	D

Explanation of Responses:
( 1)	Restricted Stock Units that vest 25% on second anniversary of grant date, 25% on third anniversary of grant date and 50% on fourth anniversary of grant date.
( 2)	This entry reflects the grant of Restricted Stock Units and accordingly the price is left blank.
( 3)	Includes 4,986.59 deferred stock units, 20,400 Performance Accelerated Restricted Stock Units (PARS) and 7,500 Restricted Stock Units (RSU).
( 4)	Reflects the reporting person's interest in equivalent shares held by the unitized stock fund in the Del Monte 401(k) savings plan (Plan). The unitized stock fund consists of Del Monte common stock (approximately 96% of the fund value) and cash or cash equivalents (approximately 4% of the fund value). The number of shares attributed to the reporting person as a Plan participant and expressed as equivalent shares has been calculated based on the closing price of Del Monte common stock on the date of the reported transaction and may change from time to time without the volition of the reporting person depending on the fair market value of Del Monte common stock and the amount of cash in the fund.
( 5)	Options generally vest 25% per year for four (4) years beginning with the first anniversary of the transaction date.
( 6)	1 performance share unit for 1 share of common stock.
( 7)	Represents maximum number of shares of common stock which may be earned in connection with the 9/23/10 grant of performance share units. The target number of shares associated with the grant is 16,600.
( 8)	Vesting of performance share units is based on the Company's level of achievement of Relative Total Shareholder Return (RTSR) over the performance period.
( 9)	Performance share units either vest or forfeit based on the Company's level of achievement of RTSR over the performance period. Because vesting of the performance share units is tied to a performance measure that is not solely the Company's stock price (due to the impact of Company dividends and comparator group performance on RTSR), the performance share units may not currently be considered "derivative securities" under applicable rules and accordingly, to such extent, the Reporting Person may be considered to have reported these performance share units voluntarily.
( 10)	Includes performance share units previously reported voluntarily with different vesting terms.

Reporting Owners
Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
MUTO RICHARD W PO BOX 193575 SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94119			EVP and Chief HR Officer

Signatures
/s/ James Potter, signed pursuant to power of attorney		9/27/2010
** Signature of Reporting Person		Date

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