(Reuters) -Folgers coffee maker J.M. Smucker missed Wall Street estimates for first-quarter profit on Wednesday, hurt by a rise in commodity costs as U.S. tariffs weighed.

Higher inflation has prompted packaged food companies such as J.M. Smucker and Conagra Brands to raise product prices in a bid to offset elevated input costs, which have worsened due to tariff-led expenses since the start of the year.

The rise in prices has led to weaker product demand for J.M. Smucker, whose shares fell about 7% following the results.

The company, which imports green coffee majorly from Brazil and Vietnam, had warned in June that the commodity’s heavy exposure to tariffs would hurt its profitability.

The Jif peanut butter maker buys about 500 million pounds of green coffee each year and could face t

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