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Shares of food maker ConAgra Foods Inc. (NYSE: CAG) have been soaring in early trading more than 9% after reporting this morning a surge of 60% in its third quarter profit.

The company said its quarterly profit climbed to $309 million, or 63 cents per share due to higher prices and demand for its products. These numbers are up from $193 million, or 38 cents per share reported in the same period a year ago when the company's earnings numbers were dragged down by recall costs. Analysts, on average, expected quarterly earnings of 39 cents per share.

ConAgra's quarterly revenue grew to $3.53 billion, up from $2.9 billion a year ago. Revenue during the period was helped by strong gains from the company's food and ingredients segment which offset soaring commodity costs. Analysts expected the company show sales of $3.17 billion in the third quarter, according to Thomson Financial.

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