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Exhibit 21(a)
SUBSIDIARIES OF THE REGISTRANT AS OF MAY 31, 1998
Jurisdiction In
Which Organized
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Bell Dairy Products, Inc. Texas
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 Vegetable Company Wisconsin
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
HMDC, Inc. Delaware
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
Sani-Dairy, Inc. Delaware
Schwartz Pickle Company Delaware
STDI, Inc. U.S. Virgin Islands
T.G. Lee Foods, Inc. Florida
Verifine Dairy Products Corporation of Sheyboygan Wisconsin
W.B. Roddenbery Co., Inc. Georgia
WGR 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.