fruit starch sugar
ruit preparations: about 343,000 tonnes of raw materials were purchased; increases in purchasing prices across all fruit categories, as well as for sugar and starches used; strawberry, the most important fruit by volume in the fruit preparations business, was contracted at significantly higher prices. Fruit preparations side of the business saw revenue growth stemming from higher sales prices. Revenue growth was price-driven, and this was the case across the entire portfolio. By-product sales revenue (notably in high-protein products) increased significantly, following raw material prices higher.