LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY FOR
SECTION 16 REPORTING OBLIGATIONS


	The undersigned, Anthony J. Magro, hereby constitutes and appoints
Roger E. Theodoredis, Helen N. Kaminski, Kristin Dunlap and Christina
Eisenhard, and each of them, as the undersigned's true and lawful
attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and re-
substitution, for the undersigned and in the undersigned's name, place
and stead, to take the following actions with respect to the
undersigned's ownership of securities of The WhiteWave Foods Company, a
Delaware corporation (the "Company"):

	(i)	prepare, execute, deliver and file with the U. S. Securities
and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"), any national securities exchange and
the Company: (a) statements of beneficial ownership on Forms 3, 4, and 5
that are required or permitted to be filed pursuant to Section 16 of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), and
rules promulgated thereunder; (b) any Form 144 Notice of Proposed Sale of
Securities (including any amendments thereto) required to be filed under
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), and Rule
144 promulgated thereunder; and (c) any and all other documents,
including without limitation a Form ID, necessary or desirable to
facilitate the filing by the undersigned of a Form 144 and forms under
Section 16 of the Exchange Act;

	(ii)	seek or obtain, as the undersigned's representative and on
the undersigned's behalf, information on transactions in the Company's
securities from any third party, including brokers and employee benefit
plan administrators and trustees, and the undersigned hereby authorizes
any such person to release any such information to said attorneys-in-fact
and agents, and approves and ratifies any such release of information;
and

	(iii)	perform any and all other acts which, in the discretion of
said attorneys-in-fact and agents, are necessary or desirable for and on
behalf of the undersigned in connection with the foregoing, granting unto
said attorneys-in-fact and agents full power and authority to do and
perform each act requisite and necessary to be done under Section 16 of
the Exchange Act and Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act, as
fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do in
person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact
and agents may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

	A copy of this power of attorney shall be filed with the SEC and
with any applicable stock exchange.  The authorization set forth above
shall continue in full force and effect until the undersigned revokes
such authorization by written instructions to the attorneys-in-fact and
agents.  The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-
fact and agents, in serving in such capacity at the request of the
undersigned, are not assuming any of the undersigned's responsibilities
to comply with Section 16 of the Exchange Act or Rule 144 promulgated
under the Securities Act.

Dated:  December 30, 2015


By:  /s/  Anthony J. Magro