The WhiteWave Foods Company
2711 North Haskell Ave.
Dallas, TX 75204
October 24, 2012
VIA EDGAR
Securities and Exchange Commission
Division of Corporation Finance
100 F Street, N.E.
Washington, D.C. 20549
| Re: | The WhiteWave Foods Company |
| Registration Statement on Form S-1 |
| File No. 333-183112 |
| Request for Acceleration |
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Pursuant to Rule 461 promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, The WhiteWave Foods Company (the “Registrant”) hereby requests acceleration of the effective date of its Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-183112), as amended (the “Registration Statement”), so that it may become effective at 3:00 p.m. Eastern time on October 25, 2012, or as soon thereafter as practicable.
The Registrant hereby acknowledges that:
| (i) | should the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) or the staff, acting pursuant to delegated authority, declare the Registration Statement effective, it does not foreclose the Commission from taking any action with respect to the Registration Statement; |
| (ii) | the action of the Commission or the staff, acting pursuant to delegated authority, in declaring the Registration Statement effective, does not relieve the Registrant from its full responsibility for the adequacy and accuracy of the disclosure in the Registration Statement; and |
| (iii) | the Registrant may not assert the action of the Commission or the staff, acting pursuant to delegated authority, in declaring the Registration Statement effective as a defense in any proceeding initiated by the Commission or any person under the federal securities laws of the United States. |
| Very truly yours, | ||||
| THE WHITEWAVE FOODS COMPANY | ||||
| By: | /s/ Kelly J. Haecker | |||
| Name: | Kelly J. Haecker | |||
| Title: | Senior Vice President, Finance | |||
| and Chief Executive Officer | ||||
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