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EXHIBIT 21
SUBSIDIARIES
Revised as of March 26, 2003
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<Caption>
TYPE OF JURISDICTION OF NO. OF SHARES %
LEGAL NAME ENTITY ORGANIZATION OWNER OR UNITS OWNERSHIP
- ---------- ------- --------------- ----- ------------- ----------
Dean Holding Company Corp DE Dean Foods Company 1,000 common 100.0%
Morningstar Receivables Corp DE Dean Foods Company 79 common 79.0%
Corp.
[Receivables Financing SPV] Southern Foods Group, 21 common 21.0%
L.P.
Dean Capital Trust Trust DE Dean Foods Company
Dean Management Corp DE Dean Foods Company 100 common 100.0%
Corporation
Reeves Street, LLC LLC DE Dean Foods Company 100 units 100.0%
Suiza Dairy Group Corp NV Dean Foods Company 1,000 common 100.0%
Holdings, Inc.
Preferred Holdings, Inc. Corp DE Dean Foods Company 1,000 common 100.0%
Suiza Dairy Group, Inc. Corp DE DEAN MANAGEMENT 1,000 COMMON 100%
(formerly Suiza Dairy CORPORATION
Group, L.P.)
Dairy Group Receivables LLC DE Suiza Dairy Group, Inc. 100 units 100.0%
GP, LLC
[Receivables Financing SPV]
Dairy Group Receivables, LP DE Suiza Dairy Group, Inc. Partnership 99%
L.P. Interests
[Receivables Financing SPV]
Dairy Group Partnership 1%
Receivables, GP, LLC Interests
Dairy Group Receivables GP LLC DE Dean Holding Company 100 units 100%
II, LLC
[Receivables Financing SPV]
Dairy Group Receivables LP DE Dean Holding Company Partnership 99.9%
II, L.P. Interests
[Receivables Financing SPV] Dairy Group
Receivables GP II, LLC .1%
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<Caption>
TYPE OF JURISDICTION OF NO. OF SHARES %
LEGAL NAME ENTITY ORGANIZATION OWNER OR UNITS OWNERSHIP
- ---------- ------- --------------- ----- ------------- ----------
Country Fresh, LLC LLC MI Dean Midwest II, LLC 100 units 100.0%
White Wave, Inc. Corp CO Dean Foods Company 100 common 100.0%
Dean Northeast, LLC LLC DE Suiza Dairy Group, Inc. 100 units 100.0%
New England Dairies, LLC LLC DE Dean Northeast, LLC 100 units 100.0%
Shenandoah's Pride, LLC LLC DE Dean Northeast II, LLC 100 units 100.0%
Tuscan/Lehigh Dairies, Corp DE Dean Northeast, LLC 100 common 100%
Inc.
(f/k/a Tuscan/Lehigh
Dairies, L.P.)
Dean Southeast, LLC LLC DE Suiza Dairy Group, Inc. 100 units 100.0%
Broughton Foods, LLC LLC DE Dean Southeast, LLC 100 units 100.0%
Country Delite Farms, LLC LLC DE Dean Southeast, LLC 100 units 100.0%
Dairy Fresh, LLC LLC DE Dean Southeast, LLC 100 units 100.0%
Land-O-Sun Dairies, LLC LLC DE Dean Southeast, LLC 100 units 100.0%
Louis Trauth Dairy, LLC LLC DE Dean Southeast, LLC 100 units 100.0%
Schenkel's All-Star Dairy, LLC DE Dean Midwest II, LLC 100 units 100.0%
LLC
Schenkel's All-Star LLC DE Dean Midwest II, LLC 100 units 100.0%
Delivery, LLC
Dean Southwest, LLC LLC DE Suiza Dairy Group, Inc. 100 units 100.0%
Model Dairy, LLC LLC DE Dean Southwest, LLC 100 units 100.0%
Robinson Dairy, LLC LLC DE Dean Southwest, LLC 100 units 100.0%
SFG Management LLC DE Dean Southwest, LLC 95 units 95.0%
Limited Liability Company
Dean Management 5 units 5.0%
Corporation
Southern Foods Holdings Trust DE Dean Southwest, LLC Beneficiary 100.0%
Interest
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<Caption>
TYPE OF JURISDICTION OF NO. OF SHARES %
LEGAL NAME ENTITY ORGANIZATION OWNER OR UNITS OWNERSHIP
- ---------- ------- --------------- ----- ------------- ----------
Southern Foods Group, L.P. LP DE Southern Foods Holdings 99% LP Interest 99.0%
SFG Management Limited
Liability Company 1% GP Interest 1.0%
SFG Capital Corporation Corp DE Southern Foods Group, 1,000 common 100.0%
L.P.
Sulphur Springs Cultured LLC DE Dean Southwest, LLC 100 units 100.0%
Specialties, LLC
Morningstar Foods Corp DE Dean Foods Company 100 common 100.0%
Holdings, Inc.
Morningstar Foods Inc. Corp DE Morningstar Foods 1,000 common 65%
Holdings, Inc.
Preferred Holdings, 228 common 15%
Inc.
Suiza Dairy Group 307 common 20%
Holdings, Inc.
Morningstar Services Inc. Corp DE Morningstar Foods Inc. 100 common 100.0%
Dean Puerto Rico Holdings, LLC DE Morningstar Foods 238 common 100.0%
LLC Holdings, Inc.
(formerly Suiza Dairy
Corporation)
Old G & Co., Inc. Corp Puerto Rico Dean Puerto Rico 100 common 100.0%
(formerly Garrido y Holdings, LLC
Compania, Inc.)
Alta-Dena Certified Dairy, Corp. DE Dean Southwest II, LLC 100 common 100%
Inc.
Berkeley Farms, Inc. Corp. CA Dean Southwest II, LLC 100 common 100%
Dean SoCal, LLC LLC DE Dean Southwest II, LLC 100 units 100.0%
Gandy's Dairies, Inc. Corp TX Dean Southwest II, LLC 60,100 common 100%
(formerly Bell Dairy
Products, Inc. and
successor by merger to
Gandy's Dairies, Inc.)
31 Logistics, Inc. Corp. DE Dean Southeast II, LLC 100 common 100%
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<Caption>
TYPE OF JURISDICTION OF NO. OF SHARES %
LEGAL NAME ENTITY ORGANIZATION OWNER OR UNITS OWNERSHIP
- ---------- ------- --------------- ----- ------------- ----------
Barber Milk, Inc. Corp. DE Dean Southeast II, LLC 100 common 100%
(formerly Barber Dairies,
Inc.)
Barber Ice Cream, LLC LLC DE Mayfield Dairy Farms, 100 units 100%
Inc.
Creamland Dairies, Inc. Corp. NM Dean Southwest II, LLC 49,296 common 49%
Gandy's Dairies, Inc. 51,336 common 51%
Dean Foods Company of Corp. DE Dean Southwest II, LLC 100 common 100%
California, Inc.
Dean Dairy Products Company Corp. PA Dean Northeast II, LLC 15,000 common 100%
Dean Foods Business Corp. DE Dean Holding Company 100 common 100%
Services Company
Dean Foods Company of Corp. DE Dean Midwest, LLC 100 common 100%
Indiana, Inc.
Dean Foods North Central, Corp. DE Dean Midwest, LLC 200 common 100%
Inc.
(Land O'Lakes plants)
Dean Foods Regional Corp. DE Dean Midwest, LLC 100 common 100%
Business Services, Inc.
Dean Milk Company, Inc. Corp. KY Dean Southeast II, LLC 200 common 100%
Dean Milk Procurement Corp. DE Dean Midwest, LLC 100 common 100%
Company
Dean Transportation, Inc. Corp. Ohio Dean Dairy Holdings, 100 common 100%
LLC
DIPS Limited Partner II Trust DE Dean Holding Company Beneficiary 100%
(formerly DTMC, Inc.) Interest*
Wengert's Dairy, Inc. 12 (class B)
Verifine Dairy 1 (class B)
*The beneficiary interest Corporation of
of the Class B Sheboygan, Inc.
shareholders have not been Reiter Akron, Inc. 43 (class B)
determined as of this date. Purity Dairies,
Incorporated 139 (class B)
Meadow Brook Dairy
Company 12 (class B)
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<Table>
<Caption>
TYPE OF JURISDICTION OF NO. OF SHARES %
LEGAL NAME ENTITY ORGANIZATION OWNER OR UNITS OWNERSHIP
- ---------- ------- --------------- ----- ------------- ----------
T.G. Lee Foods, Inc. 20 (class B)
McArthur Dairy, Inc. 26 (class B)
Mayfield Dairy Farms,
Inc. 202 (class B)
Creamland Dairies, Inc. 23 (class B)
Berkeley Farms, Inc. 7 (class B)
Alta-Dena Certified
Dairy, Inc. 19 (class B)
Barber Milk, Inc. 9 (class B)
Dean Specialty Foods 111 (class B)
Group, LLC
Morningstar Foods Inc. 335 (class B)
Dean Pickle &
Specialty Products Co. 110 (class B)
Dean Pickle &
Specialty Products Co.
(former Steinfeld 27 (class B)
Pickle)
Dean Pickle &
Specialty Products Co. 18 (class B)
DIPS GP II, Inc. Corp DE Dean Holding Company 1,000 common 100%
Dean Specialty LP DE DIPS Limited Partner II Partnership 99.9%
Intellectual Property Interests
Services, L.P. DIPS GP II, Inc. 0.1%
Dean Intellectual Property LP DE DIPS Limited Partner II Partnership 99.9%
Services II, L.P. Interests
DIPS GP II, Inc. 0.1%
DIPS Limited Partner Trust DE Suiza Dairy Group Beneficiary 100%
(formerly DIPS LP, Inc.) Holdings, Inc.
DIPS GP, Inc. Corp DE Suiza Dairy Group 1,000 common 100%
Holdings, Inc.
Dean Intellectual Property LP DE DIPS Limited Partner Partnership 99.99%
Services, L.P. Interests
DIPS GP, Inc. 0.01%
Elgin Blenders, Corp IL Dean Specialty Foods 30,000 common 100%
Incorporated Group, LLC
Pet O'Fallon, LLC LLC DE Dean Midwest II, LLC 100 units 100%
Liberty Dairy Company Corp. MI Dean Midwest, LLC 26,300 common 100%
McArthur Dairy, Inc. Corp. FL Dean Southeast II, LLC 36,000 Class A 100%
700,000 Class B
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<Table>
<Caption>
TYPE OF JURISDICTION OF NO. OF SHARES %
LEGAL NAME ENTITY ORGANIZATION OWNER OR UNITS OWNERSHIP
- ---------- ------- --------------- ----- ------------- ----------
Maplehurst Farms, LLC LLC IN Dean Foods Company of 99%
Indiana, Inc.
RDPC, Inc. 1%
Mayfield Dairy Farms, Inc. Corp. DE Dean Southeast II, LLC 100 common 100%
Meadow Brook Dairy Company Corp. PA Dean Northeast II, LLC 10 Class A 100%
770 Class B
The Meadows Distributing Corp. IL Dean Midwest, LLC 10,405 common 100%
Company
Purity Dairies, Corp DE Dean Southeast II, LLC 100 common 100%
Incorporated
RDPC, Inc. Corp. DE Dean Southeast II, LLC 100 common 100%
Reiter Akron, Inc. Corp. OH Dean Northeast II, LLC 1,000 common 100%
T.G. Lee Foods, Inc. Corp. FL Dean Southeast II, LLC 560,000 common 100%
Verifine Dairy Products Corp. WI Dean Midwest, LLC 1,996 common 100%
Corporation of Sheboygan,
Inc.
Wengert's Dairy, Inc. Corp. DE Dean Northeast II, LLC 100 common 100%
Dean Specialty Foods LLC DE Dean Holding Company 100 units 100%
Group, LLC
Dean Pickle and Specialty Corp WI Dean Specialty Foods 10,110 Class A 100%
Products Company Group, LLC 20,220 Class B
Dean Dairy Holdings, LLC LLC DE Dean Holding Company 100 units 100%
Dean Midwest, LLC LLC DE Dean Dairy Holdings, 100 units 100%
LLC
Dean Midwest II, LLC LLC DE Suiza Dairy Group, Inc. 100 units 100%
Dean Southeast II, LLC LLC DE Dean Dairy Holdings, 100 units 100%
LLC
Dean Southwest II, LLC LLC DE Dean Dairy Holdings, 100 units 100%
LLC
Midwest Ice Cream Company Corp DE Dean Midwest, LLC 100 common 100%
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<Caption>
TYPE OF JURISDICTION OF NO. OF SHARES %
LEGAL NAME ENTITY ORGANIZATION OWNER OR UNITS OWNERSHIP
- ---------- ------- --------------- ----- ------------- ----------
Dean Illinois Dairies, LLC LLC DE Dean Midwest, LLC 100 units 100% `
Reiter Springfield, LLC LLC DE Dean Midwest, LLC 100 units 100%
Dean Northeast II, LLC LLC DE Dean Dairy Holdings, 100 units 100%
LLC
Fairmont Dairy, LLC LLC DE Dean Northeast II, LLC 100 units 100%
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UNRESTRICTED SUBSIDIARIES
<Table>
<Caption>
TYPE OF JURISDICTION OF NO. OF SHARES %
LEGAL NAME ENTITY ORGANIZATION OWNER OR UNITS OWNERSHIP
- ---------- ------- --------------- ----- ------------- ----------
International Milk Sales, Corp. DE Dean Southwest II, LLC 100 common 100%
Inc.
Dean International Corp DE Dean Foods Company 100 common 100.0%
Holding Company
Dean Netherlands, B.V. Corp The Netherlands Dean International 200 common
Holding Company
Morningstar Foods PS
Holdings, Inc.
Leche Celta, S.L. Corp Spain Dean Netherlands B.V. 44,997 100%
Renoldy Lda. Portugal Dean Netherlands B.V. 100%
Lacteos de Santander S.A. Corp Spain Leche Celta, S.L. 100.0%
Distribucion Lacteos Corp Spain Leche Celta, S.L. 100.0%
Ganadeva, S.A.
Abastecimientos Lacteos Spain Distribucion Lacteos 100.0%
Gallegos S.L. Ganadeva, S.A.
Logistica y Gestion de Spain Distribucion Lacteos 100.0%
Lacteos, S.L. Ganadeva, S.A.
Central Lechera Gallega, Spain Distribucion Lacteos 100.0%
S.L. Ganadeva, S.A.
Franklin Holdings, Inc. Corp DE Dean Foods Company 1,000 common 100.0%
Dixie Holding, Inc. Corp NY Franklin Holdings, Inc. 100.0%
Franklin Plastics, Inc. Corp DE Franklin Holdings, 1,277,148 common 88%
Inc.
Alan Bernon 87,365 common 6%
Peter Bernon 87,364 common 6%
[96,181 warrants
for common
@$10/share]
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<Caption>
TYPE OF JURISDICTION OF NO. OF SHARES %
LEGAL NAME ENTITY ORGANIZATION OWNER OR UNITS OWNERSHIP
- ---------- ------- --------------- ----- ------------- ----------
Dean Risk Management, Corp DE Dean Foods Business 100 Class A 90.1%
Inc. Services Company
Willis Corroon
Corporation of Illinois 11 Class B 9.9%
Importadora y Corp Mexico Tenedora Dean Foods 4,999 99.9%
Distribuidora Dean International, SA de CV
Foods, S.A. de C.V.
Creamland Dairies, Inc. 1 0.1%
Park-It Market Corp DE International Milk 800 Class A 100%
Corporation Sales, Inc. 100 Class B
Tenedora Dean Foods Corp Mexico International Milk 4,999 common 99.98%
Internacional, S.A. de Sales, Inc.
C.V.
Dean Holding Company 1 common .02%
Dean Dairy Group Corp DE International Milk 25 common 100%
International Corp. Sales, Inc.
Azuis Holdings, B.V. The Netherlands Dean International 100%
Holding Company
Kingsmil - Producao e Portugal Azuis Holdings, B.V. 100%
Commercializacao de
Leite e Productos
Lacteos, Lda.
Centronor Produccion y Spain Azuis Holdings, B.V. 100%
Distribucion S.L.
Hilstad - Producao e Portugal Azuis Holdings, B.V. 100%
Commercializacao de
Leite e Productos
Lacteos, Lda.
Comerlasa S.L. Spain Azuis Holdings, B.V. 100%
Glicman - Producao e Portugal Azuis Holdings, B.V. 100%
Commercializacao de
Leite e Productos
Lacteos, Lda.
Agrolactur S.L. Spain Glicman - Producao e 100%
Commercializacao de
Leite e Productos
Lacteos, Lda.
Lacteos Marterra S.L. Spain Glicman - Producao e 100%
Commercializacao de
Leite e Productos
Lacteos, Lda.
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<Caption>
TYPE OF JURISDICTION OF NO. OF SHARES %
LEGAL NAME ENTITY ORGANIZATION OWNER OR UNITS OWNERSHIP
- ---------- ------- --------------- ----- ------------- ---------
Glicman Espana S.L. Spain Glicman - Producao e 100%
Commercializacao de
Leite e Productos
Lacteos, Lda.
Carnival Ice Cream, N.V. Netherlands Antilles Dean Holding Company 100%
Dean Foods Not for IL Dean Holding Company N/A 100%
Foundation Profit Corp
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