Nutritional Holdings Limited provided earnings guidance for the year ended 28 February 2017. For the year, the company’s basic loss per share and headline loss per share attributable to ordinary shareholders are expected to increase by more than 20%, as compared to those reported for the previous corresponding period. During the period under review trading conditions in the staple dry food environment remain extremely challenging withd LSM 3-6 customers bearing the brunt of the high maize price as well as other bulk raw materials used in the manufacture of these products. Furthermore the disposal of the registered dossiers owned by Impilo Drugs in September 2016 triggered a write down of the intangible assets in the company of ZAR 11.7 million.