Over the past decade, a little-known herb 200 times sweeter than sugar has become a €3.5bn global industry, showing up in everything from Coca-Cola drinks to Heinz ketchup.

Pre-tax profits at the main Irish-based subsidiary of US food giant Heinz increased by 17% last year to £14.6m (€17.9m).

THE Irish arm of US food giant Heinz recorded a 4% drop in pre-tax profits last year to £12.2m (€14.2m), new figures show.

THE Irish arm of US food giant Heinz recorded an 11% drop in pre-tax profits last year to €16.6 million.

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