Profit down at Volac

Dairy nutrition company Volac saw operating profits fall by £1m to £5.7m in the year to the end of February 2010.

This was on a turnover which at £88m was up 4% in a volatile market. Sales to agriculture and lifestyle markets have grown strongly and since the year ended, says the Cambridge firm, which has since bought the Lincolnshire specialist pig and pet nutrition business Parnutt Foods.