Responsibility | Tate & Lyle Sugars (2024)

FAQs

Where do Tate and Lyle get their sugar from? ›

We source our primary raw material – raw cane sugar – mainly from developing countries and transport it in bulk for processing at our refineries in Europe.

Maize starch anti-caking agent is used in Tate & Lyle Icing Sugar to absorb moisture from the air, so that your sugar will not be lumpy or hard in texture.

In Europe, cane sugar processed by Tate & Lyle, Sidul Açúcares, and SRB are processed without cow bone char. Organic cane sugar certified in Europe by Bioagricert is cow bone char-free.

We use innovative technology to turn raw materials like corn, tapioca, and stevia leaves into ingredients and solutions that add taste, texture, nutrients and increased functionality to food and beverages. Our scientists and nutritionists research, develop and test ingredients to create solutions for our customers.

Share: An almost two-decade-long ordeal between 200 families in the Koh Kong province, Cambodia, local sugar production company, KSL Group and global conglomerate Tate & Lyle drew to a close in April this year as local families were compensated for land theft and human rights abuses dating back to 2006.

Tate & Lyle Sweetener

A tasty and low calorie sweetener. Perfect for tea, coffee and sprinkling on cereal. Our Sucralose sweeteners are Aspartame-free, crafted to satisfy your cravings without compromising on taste or quality!

The answer is YES! To make homemade powdered sugar, you'll need two ingredients: granulated sugar and cornstarch. The magic ratio is 1 cup granulated sugar to 1 tablespoon cornstarch.

Alternatives to corn starch could be potato starch, tapioca or arrowroot. Or just run some sugar in the blender or coffee mill and use it as is. The starch is there primarly to keep it from sticking and you can make sugar into a very fine powder to use right away if it's for a topping. If it is to be an ingredient.

Cane sugar is still filtered using bone char derived from cattle bones by some US companies. Beet sugar refining does not use bone char and never has.

Is brown sugar better for you than white sugar? ›

While they are produced differently, resulting in distinct tastes, colors, and culinary uses, brown sugar is often simply processed white sugar with molasses. Contrary to common belief, they are nutritionally similar. Brown sugar contains slightly more minerals than white sugar but will not provide any health benefits.

Bone char—often referred to as natural carbon—is widely used by the sugar industry as a decolorizing filter, which allows the sugar cane to achieve its desirable white color. Other types of filters involve granular carbon or an ion-exchange system rather than bone char. Bone char is also used in other types of sugar.

Tate & Lyle is committed to doing business the right way. To help us, we have created this Code of Ethics, a set of guidelines that build on our Values of Safety, Integrity and Respect to define the standards of behaviour we expect from everyone at Tate & Lyle, and those who work with us.

In October 2010, American Sugar Holdings (ASR Group) acquired the EU sugar refining businesses of Tate & Lyle PLC, namely Tate & Lyle Sugars and Sidul.

About us. Tate & Lyle Sugars has been refining sugar continuously at Thames Refinery since 1878. Over 140 years later it's still going strong and today employs over 500 people.

C&H Sugar sources its raw sugar from various locations, primarily from sugarcane grown in Hawaii, the Philippines, Australia, and South and Central America.

A golden colour invert, formed of a combination of sucrose, glucose and fructose found naturally in sugar cane. More commonly known as Lyle's Golden Syrup, it has rich caramel and honey-like flavours.

Tate & Lyle is the largest cane sugar brand in the UK.

New Zealand Sugar was founded in 1884 and the Chelsea Refinery is New Zealand's only sugar refinery. The Chelsea Refinery processes raw sugar for both the domestic and international markets. Most of the raw sugar refined at Chelsea comes from Queensland.