date:Apr 18, 2013
mentum came once again from booming sales in the Asia-Pacific region, especially China this quarter, also boosted by the Chinese New Year which came later than in 2012. Surging growth in Europe was linked to the appeal of international baby formula brands for consumers in some emerging countries.
As in the past, changes in the divisions product mix made a positive contribution to performance: the growing-up milk segment again reported double-digit growth and weaning foods continued to lose gro