Press Releases

Tate & Lyle PLC ("Tate & Lyle") announces that the sale of United Molasses Company, a Delaware Corporation, ("UMUS") and the business and assets of UM Canada ("UMC") to Westway Holdings Corporation has now been completed. The signing of conditional agreements for these disposals was previously...

Tate & Lyle PLC and IGENE Biotechnology, Inc (Igene) today announced a 50:50 joint venture to produce AstaXin®, a natural source of the pigment astaxanthin, which is widely used in the aquaculture industry. Astaxanthin is a naturally occurring nutrient that is essential to impart the characteristic...

Tate & Lyle, a global leader in renewable ingredients, is to launch two new wheat protein isolates - MERIPRO 410 and MERIPRO 420. Used across a broad range of food products Meripro 410 brings functional benefits as an emulsifier and dough plasticizer, while Meripro 420 has unique emulsifying and...

Tate & Lyle issues the following routine trading update following the annual sales contract pricing rounds at three of its major businesses – Food & Industrial Ingredients, Europe; Sugars, Europe; and Food & Industrial Ingredients, Americas. Overall, trading for Tate & Lyle since the announcement of...

Tate & Lyle has become aware of the re-appearance of a low-calorie tabletop sweetener product branded as 'Altern' in a small number of Wal*Mart stores in the US. Altern is described as containing sucralose. Tate & Lyle has analysed samples of this product and believes it to contain an active...

Tate & Lyle PLC announces that despite expressions of interest from a number of parties and several weeks of detailed negotiations, the sale process has not produced an offer for its world-wide molasses and storage business ("UM") that reflects its contribution to the Group. UM continues to trade...

At the Annual General Meeting of Tate & Lyle PLC in London today, Sir David Lees, Chairman, made the following statement on current trading: We are at an early stage in our current financial year but I am pleased to report that trading in the quarter ended June 2002 is above our internal...

Tate & Lyle PLC and BBCA Biochemical of China announce the signing on 17 July of an agreement for Tate & Lyle to distribute BBCA citric acid products outside China. This agreement is a first step towards a broader global alliance and will be submitted to the EU Authorities for approval. Under the...

The following documents have been submitted to the UK Listing Authority’s Document Viewing Facility and are available for viewing from today: Tate & Lyle PLC’s Annual Report and Accounts 2002; Tate & Lyle PLC’s Annual Review 2002; Circular to shareholders incorporating the Notice of the 2002 Annual...

Tate & Lyle PLC announces that Mr. Larry Pillard is to relinquish his position as Chief Executive to take up the position of Executive Chairman of the Tetra Laval Group upon the retirement of the present Executive Chairman. Mr. Pillard will remain on the Board of Tate & Lyle as a Non-Executive...