Dairy processor Carbery Group’s profits rose 22.4%, or almost €2m, to €10.57m last year, with turnover up 11% to €285m.

West Cork-based food group Carbery has opened a manufacturing and technology centre for the group’s taste and flavour division Synergy Flavours in Sao Paolo, Brazil.

Carbery Group has announced positive results for 2011 today with revenues increasing by 14.5% to €256.5m and profit before tax rising by 27.8% to €8.7m.

Carbery Group enjoyed a 27.8% surge in pre-tax profits for 2011 up to €8.7m, buoyed by strong US sales for its flagship Dubliner cheese brand and sustained British growth for its Kinetica sports nutrition range.

CARBERY Group subsidiary Synergy Flavors has acquired neighbouring Chicago flavour developer Sethness Greenleaf for an undisclosed fee.