Gregg Engles, chairman and chief executive of Dallas-based Dean Foods, said the company was "committed to the growth of healthy, better-for-you products."
Horizon markets organic foods in the United States and, under the Rachel's Organic brand, in the United Kingdom.
Dean produces a line of company-branded and private label dairy products such as milk and milk-based beverages, ice cream, coffee creamers and soy milk and other food products including pickles and juice drinks.
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