Dean Foods
Overview
 
Dean Foods is an American
United States
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 food and beverage company with two operating divisions: Fresh Dairy Direct and WhiteWave-Morningstar. The company maintains plants and distributors in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

 and the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
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. Dean Foods products are sold throughout the USA.
In 1925, Samuel E. Dean purchased the Pecatonica Marketing Company, an evaporated milk
Evaporated milk
Evaporated milk, also known as dehydrated milk, is a shelf-stable canned milk product with about 60% of the water removed from fresh milk. It differs from sweetened condensed milk, which contains added sugar. Sweetened condensed milk requires less processing since the added sugar inhibits ...

 processing facility located in northwestern Illinois
Illinois
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