EXHIBIT 21
GENERAL MILLS, INC. SUBSIDIARIES
Percentage
Country or of Voting
State in Which Securities
Each Subsidiary Owned
Was Organized (Note 1)
ALTCARE CORPORATION Minnesota 50
Elder Homestead Corporation Minnesota 50
CMHC, INC. Delaware 100
COLOMBO DAIRY FOODS LTD. Ontario 100
COLOMBO, INC. Delaware 100
COLOMBO YOGURT SHOP, QUINCY MARKET, INC. Delaware 100
C.P.A. CEREAL PARTNERS HANDELSGESELLSCHAFT
m.b.H. (Note 12) Austria 50
C.P.D. CEREAL PARTNERS DEUTSCHLAND
VERWALTUNGSGESSELSCHAFT m.b.H (Note 2) Germany 50
CPW MEXICO S.A. de C.V. Mexico 50
CPW S.A. (Note 15) Switzerland 50
FYL CORP. California 100
GENERAL MILLS CONTINENTAL, INC. (Note 13) Delaware 100
GENERAL MILLS EUROPE LIMITED England 100
C.P. HELLES EEIG Greece 50
GENERAL MILLS FINANCE, INC. Delaware 100
GENERAL MILLS FRANCE S.A. France 100
GMSNACKS, SCA (Note 3) France 43.29
Snack Ventures Europe, SCA (Note 4) Belgium 40.49
Biscuiterie Nantaise-BN, S.A. France 100
Laprovar Sociedade de Productos
Alimentares, S.A. Portugal 100
Smiths Food Group B.V. The Netherlands 100
Tasty Foods S.A. Greece 100
GENERAL MILLS HOLDING B.V. (Note 5) The Netherlands 100
CEREAL PARTNERS FRANCE B.V. (Note 6) The Netherlands 100
GENERAL MILLS HOLLAND B.V. (Note 7) The Netherlands 100
GMR Japan, Inc. Japan 100
SMITHS FOOD GROUP DEUTSCHLAND B.V. The Netherlands 100
SMITHS FOOD GROUP ESPANA B.V. (Note 8) The Netherlands 100
GENERAL MILLS MAARSSEN B.V. The Netherlands 100
GENERAL MILLS PRODUCTS CORP. Delaware 100
GENERAL MILLS INTERNATIONAL LIMITED (Note 13) Delaware 100
INDUSTRIA HARINERA GUATEMALTECA, S.A. Guatemala 50
Programacion y Computacion, S.A.
("PROCOMSA") Guatemala 99.8
Triticus S.A. Guatemala 99.8
INMOBILIARIA SELENE, S.A. DE C.V. Mexico 100
TORONTO MACARONI & IMPORTED FOODS LIMITED Ontario 100
General Mills Canada, Inc. (Note 9) Canada 100
893643 Ontario, Inc. Ontario 100
GMR of Alberta, Inc. Alberta 100
Industria del Maiz, S.A. Guatemala 50
GENERAL MILLS RESTAURANTS, INC. (Note 10) Florida 100
GOLD MEDAL INSURANCE CO. (Note 11) Minnesota 100
GRANDES MOLINOS DE VENEZUELA, S.A Venezuela 16.1
MILLS SYNDICATED PROPERTIES, INC. Minnesota 100
NESTLE ASEAN PHILIPPINES, INC. (Note 14) The Philippines 30
YOPLAIT USA, INC. Delaware 100
Notes to list of subsidiaries:
1. Except where noted, the percentage of ownership refers to the
total ownership by the indicated parent corporation.
2. General Mills, Inc. also owns a 50% ownership interest in a
partnership organized under the laws of Germany.
3. General Mills Holland B.V. owns a 29.34% interest in
GMSNACKS, SCA, General Mills Holding B.V. owns a 26.25%
interest in GMSNACKS, SCA, and General Mills Products Corp.
owns a 1.12% interest in GMSNACKS, SCA.
4. General Mills Holding B.V. owns a .01% interest in Snack
Ventures Europe, SCA.
5. General Mills Holding B.V. and General Mills, Inc. together
own a 100% interest in a Belgian partnership, General Mills
Belgium, SNC, which also has a 50% interest in a partnership
organized under the laws of Portugal.
6. Cereal Partners France B.V., General Mills, Inc. and General
Mills France S.A. own a 100% interest in a French
partnership, GMEAF SNC, which owns a 50% interest in a
partnership organized under the laws of France.
7. General Mills Holland B.V. owns a 19% ownership interest in a
partnership organized under the laws of Japan.
8. Smiths Food Group Espana B.V. owns a 50% interest in a
partnership organized under the laws of Spain.
9. General Mills Canada, Inc. and General Mills Products Corp.
together own a 100% interest in a Canadian partnership,
General Mills North America Affiliates, which owns a 50%
interest in a partnership organized under the laws of the
United Kingdom.
10.General Mills Restaurants, Inc. ("GMRI") owns and operates
full-service specialty seafood and Italian restaurants. In
order to comply with certain state laws, GMRI has 43 wholly-
owned domestic subsidiaries; 2 domestic subsidiaries in which
it has a 97% ownership interest; 1 domestic subsidiary in
which it has a 50% ownership interest; and 13 domestic
subsidiaries in which it has a 49% ownership interest.
11.Eighty-one percent of the voting securities are owned by
General Mills, Inc. and 19% of the voting securities are
owned by General Mills Canada, Inc.
12.General Mills, Inc. also owns a 50% ownership interest in a
partnership organized under the laws of Austria.
13.General Mills Continental, Inc. and General Mills
International Limited together own a 100% interest in a
Chilean partnership, General Mills Continental, Inc. y
Compania, which owns a 50% interest in Cereales C.P.W. Chile
Limitada, a corporation organized under the laws of Chile.
14.The 30% ownership interest of General Mills, inc. is held in
trust by Nestle, S.A.
15.General Mills, Inc. also owns a 50% ownership interest in a
partnership organized under the laws of Switzerland.