Dean Foods Company to Webcast Annual Meeting of Stockholders

DALLAS, May 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Dean Foods Company will host a live audio webcast of its Annual Stockholders’ Meeting on Friday May 18, 2006 at 10:00 a.m. CT. The webcast can be accessed by visiting http://www.deanfoods.com/ and by clicking on “Webcasts.”

In order to listen to the webcast, users will need to have installed either Real Player or Windows Media Player software, which can be detected and downloaded by visiting the site. A webcast replay will be available for approximately 45 days following the event within the Investor Relations — Audio Archive section of the company’s site.

ABOUT DEAN FOODS

Dean Foods Company is one of the leading food and beverage companies in the United States. Its Dairy Group division is the largest processor and distributor of milk and other dairy products in the country, with products sold under more than 50 familiar local and regional brands and a wide array of private labels. The Company’s WhiteWave Foods subsidiary markets and sells a variety of well-known dairy and dairy-related products, such as Silk(R) soymilk, Horizon Organic(R) milk and other dairy products and International Delight(R) coffee creamers. WhiteWave Foods’ Rachel’s Organic(R) brand is the largest organic milk brand and third largest organic yogurt brand in the United Kingdom.

   Contact:        Investors:                   Barry Sievert                   Investor Relations                  (214) 303-3437                    Media:                   Marguerite Copel                   Corporate Communications                  (214) 721-1273  

Dean Foods Company

CONTACT: Investors, Barry Sievert, +1-214-303-3437, or Media, MargueriteCopel, +1-214-721-1273, both of Dean Foods Company

Web site: http://www.deanfoods.com/