(Reuters) - Kraft Foods Inc reported higher quarterly profit on Thursday, helped by higher sales.
North America's largest packaged food maker, which will split into two companies later this year, posted net earnings of $813 million, or 46 cents per share, in the first quarter, up from $799 million, or 45 cents per share, a year earlier.
Excluding items, earnings were 57 cents per share.
Net revenue rose 4 percent to $13.09 billion.
(Reporting by Martinne Geller in New York; Editing by Richard Chang)
