Product Launch

Kerry Group PLC
20 June 2002


Kerry launches Mastertaste flavour division
2002 IFT Food Expo - Anaheim, California

Kerry, the food ingredients, flavours and consumer foods group, has launched
'Mastertaste', the Group's new global flavour division, at the Institute of
Food Technology (IFT) Annual Meeting and Food Expo, Anaheim Convention Center,
California, June 15 - 19, 2002.  Reflecting the division's worldwide service
and flavour development capabilities, Mastertaste is focused on becoming the
premier flavour supplier dedicated to food and beverage markets.  The launch
of Mastertaste brings together the Group's five recently acquired flavour
businesses with the Mastertaste UK and Australian flavour businesses acquired
in 1998, under a common identity, strategy for growth and flavour technology
development, and commitment to unrivalled customer service through the
provision of a wide range of innovative, high quality, authentic flavours for
food and beverage applications.

With industry acclaimed superiority in savoury, sweet and beverage flavours,
Mastertaste will capitalise on the Group's total flavour capability across all
markets served and provide the platform for further expansion and development
in the flavour industry.  'Our recently acquired SGF (San Giorgio Flavors) in
Europe, Geneva and Hickory flavour businesses in the U.S., combined with the
Group's existing flavour business in European and Asia Pacific markets, gives
Mastertaste a strong technical and well resourced international base from
which to build a leading global flavour company specialising on food and
beverage markets', explained Kevin Lane, Mastertaste, President and CEO. 
'Supported by the Group's understanding of food and beverage applications and
consumer requirements, and its culinary expertise, I believe Mastertaste is in
a unique position to meet the flavour requirements of food and beverage
companies on a worldwide basis' he added.

Mastertaste will continue to expand its presence in major market categories
including savoury products, dairy product applications, beverage and
confectionery, through the division's leading-edge reaction, topnote,
biotechnology, encapsulation, extraction, distillation, micro-granulation,
pyrolysis and smoke fractionation flavour technologies.  Speaking at the IFT
launch of Mastertaste, Hugh Friel, Kerry Group, Managing Director, said that
Mastertaste is dedicated to expanding its business with the Group's
multinational and regional customers on a worldwide basis by demonstrating its
leading flavour technologies.  'We are fully committed to attaining leadership
in the food and beverage industries through Mastertaste's world-class flavour
technologies and to on-going investment in acquiring and commercialisation of
new technologies'.


Background Information

Mastertaste, headquartered in Rosemont, Chicago, USA, with flavour development
facilities located in; New Jersey, Los Angeles, Madison (WI), Greenville
Missouri, Brentwood and Crossville Tennessee, USA; Cam, UK; Turin and Druento,
Italy; Rodgau, Germany; and Sydney, Australia; brings together under a common
identity, focus and strategy the following flavour businesses acquired by
Kerry Group,
Mastertaste UK, founded in 1980 and acquired by Kerry in 1998, the leading UK
based flavour house for savoury and sweet applications,
the former Burns Philp flavours business acquired in 1998, serving Australia,
New Zealand and Asian markets,
San Giorgio Flavors, acquired from the Pernod Ricard Group in 2001, the
leading Italian producer of flavours for beverages, dairy desserts and
confectionery, with a portfolio of some 2,000 flavours and sales to 35
countries across Asian and EU markets,
The Geneva Group; comprising Flavtek Inc., Geneva Flavors Inc. and Gilette
Food Flavorings
- a leading provider of flavours and technology for savoury and sweet
applications to U.S. foodservice and processed food manufacturers.  Geneva
Flavors and Gilette Food Flavorings produce a complete line of savoury, dairy
and cheese flavours.  Gilette is also a specialist fruit flavour provider
through distillates, essences, extracts and concentrated natural fruit and
juice flavours.  Flavtek is a producer of sweet flavours serving the dairy,
beverage, bakery, snack food and confectionery sectors in the USA.
Hickory Specialties Inc. - one of the world's leading producers of liquid
smoke flavours under the 'Zesti Smoke' brand for application in sauces,
marinades, glazes, smoked meats, snack seasonings, smoked seafood, soups, food
coatings and prepared meals, with a well established customer base in the U.S.
market and a strong international sales network in particular in Japan, Brazil
and Europe.

Kerry Group, headquartered in Ireland, is a major international food
ingredients and flavours corporation, and a leading consumer foods processing
and marketing organisation in selected
EU markets.  With annualised sales in excess of US$2.8 billion (EURO 3
billion), Kerry has established over 100 manufacturing facilities across four
continents and provides in excess of 10,000 food products, ingredients and
flavours through its network of international sales and technical centres to a
wide customer base in 80 countries.  In the financial year ended 31 December
2001, 29% of Group sales originated in Ireland, 39% in the rest of Europe, 27%
in the America's and 5% in Asia.


For further information please contact:              
Frank Hayes,
Telephone: + 353 66 7182304                                          
Fax: + 353 66 7182972
Director of Corporate Affairs,                            
email:   [e-mail]
Kerry Group plc.                                   
Website: www.kerrygroup.com

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