After its financial missteps, the company divested some of its assets. In 2012, Saputo bought Dean's Morningstar division, which makes creamers and cottage cheese, for $1.45 billion. A year later, Dean completed its spin off of WhiteWave Foods to help its balance sheet. That fast-growing organic and plant-based food maker was acquired by Danone in 2017 for $12.5 billion.