Food to detergents group Unilever booked second quarter profit of €1.15bn, a 14% rise on 2006. Turnover was up 3% at €10.5bn.

The company expects full year growth to be on the upper edged of its earlier forecast of 3% to 5%.
CEO Patrick Cescau said the growth represented the results of the strategy implemented in 2005. Growth with better margin development and resilience to internal and external market development remained the group’s main priority, he said.