July 22 (SeeNews) - Croatian food, beverage and drug producer Podravka [ZSE:PODR-R-A] said on Friday its first-half net profit rose 5.8% on the year to 97.3 million kuna ($14.3 million/13 million euro) mainly thanks to the positive impact of the acquisition of Slovenian food maker Zito Group last year, which offset large foreign exchange losses.