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Exhibit 21(a)
SUBSIDIARIES OF THE REGISTRANT AS OF MAY 28, 2000
Jurisdiction In
Which Organized
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Alta Dena Certified Dairy, Inc. Delaware
Amboy Specialty Foods Company Delaware
Barber Dairies, Inc. Delaware
Bell Dairy Products, Inc. Texas
Berkeley Farms, Inc. California
Bowman Dairy Company, Inc. Delaware
Coburg, Inc. South Carolina
Cream o'Weber Dairy, Inc. Utah
Creamland Dairies, Inc. New Mexico
Dean Dairy Products Company Pennsylvania
Dean Dip and Dressing Company Delaware
Dean Foods Company of California Delaware
Dean Foods Company of Indiana Delaware
Dean Foods Products Company Delaware
Dean Milk Company, Inc. Kentucky
Dean Pickle and Specialty Products Company Wisconsin
DFC Transportation Company Delaware
E.B.I. Foods, Ltd. United Kingdom
Elgin Blenders, Inc. Illinois
Gandy's Dairies, Inc. Texas
H. Meyer Dairy Company Delaware
Ice Cream Products, LLC Illinois
Liberty Dairy Company Michigan
McArthur Dairy, Inc. Florida
Mayfield Dairy Farms, Inc. Tennessee
Meadow Brook Dairy Company Pennsylvania
Meadows Distributing Company Illinois
Purity Dairies, Inc. Tennessee
Reiter Dairy, Inc. Ohio
Ryan Foods Company Kentucky
Schwartz Pickle Company Delaware
T.G. Lee Foods, Inc. Florida
Verifine Dairy Products Corporation of Sheyboygan Wisconsin
W.B. Roddenbery Co., Inc. Georgia
Wengert's Dairy, Inc. Delaware
The names of all other subsidiaries have been omitted from the above list
because, when considered in the aggregate as a single subsidiary, they would not
constitute a material subsidiary.
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