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Nestle India First Quarter Net Profit Misses Estimates
The net profit was well below the Rs 3.20 billion Nestle India posted a year earlier, before Indian regulators found some samples of its Maggi noodles contained unsafe levels of lead
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Nestle India Ltd reported first-quarter net profit below analysts' estimates as it struggles to regain market share of its once-popular Maggi noodles that were temporarily banned last year over safety concerns.
The India unit of Nestle SA, the world's largest packaged food company, reported a net profit of 2.59 billion rupees ($38.87 million) for the January-March quarter, while analysts polled by Thomson Reuters had expected Rs 2.87 billion on average.
The net profit was well below the Rs 3.20 billion Nestle India posted a year earlier, before Indian regulators found some samples of its Maggi noodles contained unsafe levels of lead.
The company had to pull the noodles off the shelves for nearly six months, and restarted sales only in November, after tests carried out at Indian government-accredited laboratories showed the noodles were safe for consumption.
(Reuters)