Tate & Lyle announces major increase in sucralose capacity to reflect growing demand

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Tate & Lyle announced today a significant expansion of its sucralose plant in McIntosh, Alabama at a total capital cost of £16 million (US $30 million). The expansion will use the existing patented manufacturing process and will be completed by January 2006. The project will be funded from existing resources and is expected to cover the Group’s cost of capital in the second year of operation.

Iain Ferguson, Chief Executive of Tate & Lyle, said: “We have been delighted by the strong customer-led demand for SPLENDA® Sucralose since we completed the sucralose realignment in April this year. This growth is across all categories and includes the introduction of new mid-calorie carbonated beverages containing sucralose.”

Tate & Lyle announced the realignment of its sucralose agreements with McNeil Nutritionals (a division of McNeil-PPC, Inc., a Johnson & Johnson company) on 19 February 2004 with the transaction completing in April 2004. As a result, Tate & Lyle became the sole manufacturer and responsible for the world-wide ingredient sales of SPLENDA® Sucralose to food and beverage manufacturers. McNeil Nutritionals is responsible for the world-wide SPLENDA® Brand retail and foodservice business. Tate & Lyle supplies McNeil Nutritionals sucralose on an exclusive basis.

Tate & Lyle is a world leader in ingredients. Its core competence is to take corn, wheat or sugar, and add value to these raw materials through technology. As a result of continuous innovation it offers an ever-wider product portfolio of versatile and functional ingredients. These products include Cereal Sweeteners, Starches, Sugars and Citric Acid. Tate & Lyle products have wide applications in the food, beverage, pharmaceutical, cosmetic, paper, packaging and building industries.

With headquarters in London, Tate & Lyle operates more than 41 plants and 20 additional production facilities in 28 countries, almost all in Europe and the Americas. It employs 6,700 people in its subsidiaries with a further 4,800 employed in joint ventures. Sales in the year to 31 March 2004 totalled £3,167 million. More details are available on this website www.tateandlyle.com. SPLENDA® is a trademark of McNeil-PPC, Inc.

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About Tate & Lyle PLC:  

Supported by our 165-year history of ingredient innovation, we partner with customers to provide consumers with healthier and tastier choices when they eat and drink. We are proud that millions of people around the world consume products containing our ingredients and solutions every day.  

Through our leading expertise in sweetening, mouthfeel and fortification, we develop ingredients and solutions which reduce sugar, calories and fat, add fibre and protein, and provide texture and stability to food and drink in categories including beverages, dairy, bakery, snacks, soups, sauces, and dressings.  

Tate & Lyle recently acquired CP Kelco, a leading provider of pectin, speciality gums and other nature-based ingredients to create a leader in mouthfeel, significantly enhancing our solutions capabilities. Following this combination, we now have more than 5,000 employees working in around 75 locations in 39 countries, serving customers in more than 120 countries. Science, Solutions, Society is our brand promise and how we will achieve our purpose of Transforming Lives through the Science of Food. By living our purpose, we believe we can successfully grow our business and have a positive impact on society. We live our purpose in three ways, by supporting healthy living, building thriving communities and caring for our planet.  

Tate & Lyle is listed on the London Stock Exchange under the symbol TATE.L. American Depositary Receipts trade under TATYY. For the year ended 31 March 2024, and on a pro forma basis which assumes for illustrative purposes that the combination with CP Kelco took place on 1 April 2023, revenue for the enlarged Tate & Lyle Group would have been £2.25 billion. For more information, please visit www.tateandlyle.com or follow Tate & Lyle on LinkedIn, X (Twitter), Facebook or YouTube