WHITEWAVE FOODS (WWAV) 10-Q 2014 Q2 Quarterly report

EXHIBIT 32.1

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,

adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

In connection with the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of The WhiteWave Foods Company (the “Company”) for the quarter ended June 30, 2014, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), I, Gregg L. Engles, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that to my knowledge the Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

/s/ Gregg L. Engles

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

August 7, 2014