Our Business

Business overview

Tate & Lyle is a world-leading manufacturer of renewable food and industrial ingredients. All our ingredients are produced from renewable crops, predominantly corn (maize) and sugar cane. We take these renewable crops and transform them through the use of innovative technology into value added ingredients for our food, beverage and industrial customers.

Backed by a strong and growing research organisation, Tate & Lyle's ingredients help add taste, texture, nutrition and increased functionality to everyday products used by millions of people around the world.

Tate & Lyle was founded in the UK in 1921 but its roots can be traced back to a number of companies established in the middle of the 19th century focused on sugars in Europe and corn milling in the USA and Europe. Tate & Lyle has been purchasing corn from US farmers and cane sugar from a variety of countries for over a century. Making sure we have high-quality raw materials at the right price is the starting point for how we do business.

Vision

Tate & Lyle's vision is to create the world's leading renewable ingredients business. We aim to achieve this by building a consistent portfolio of distinctive, profitable, high-value solutions in products and services for our customers.

Tate & Lyle is headquartered in the UK and is a global company currently operating more than 50 production facilities throughout Europe, the Americas and South East Asia. At 31 March 2008, Tate & Lyle employed 6,488 people in its subsidiaries and joint ventures. Our workforce encompasses a broad range of skills and experience in areas such as food science, sales and marketing, engineering and business support services.

The Group operates through four business divisions: