Dean Foods Company, together with its subsidiaries, operates as a food and beverage company in the United States. It manufactures, markets, and distributes various branded and private label dairy case products, including half-and-half, sour and whipping cream, dairy coffee creamers, and ice cream mix; ice cream and ice cream novelties; yogurt, cottage cheese, sour cream, and dairy-based dips; fruit juice, fruit-flavored drinks, ice tea, and water; and butter, cheese, eggs, and milk shakes. The company also offers soy related products, such as silk soymilk, cultured soy products, and soy-based beverages and food products; milk; and organic and fluid dairy products. It sells its products through internal sales force and independent brokers to the retailers, distributors, foodservice outlets, educational institutions, governmental entities, grocery stores, club stores, natural foods stores, mass merchandisers, convenience stores, and drug stores. The company was formerly known as Suiza Foods Corporation and changed its name to Dean Foods Company in December 2001. Dean Foods Company was founded in 1925 and is headquartered in Dallas, Texas.
