Tate & Lyle named on TIME and Statista’s World’s Best Companies 2026 list

10 Sep 2026

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Tate & Lyle is one of around 50 food and drink businesses recognised in TIME Magazine and Statista’s list for 2026

10 September 2026, London, UK: Tate & Lyle PLC (Tate & Lyle), a global leader in ingredient solutions for healthier food and beverages, is pleased to announce its entry into TIME Magazine and Statista’s World’s Best Companies  list.

This marks the company’s first appearance in the annual ranking and places Tate & Lyle among around 50 food and drink businesses of the 1,000 global companies recognised ^{1, 2}.

In its fourth year, this annual list is compiled independently by TIME Magazine’s research partner, Statista. The list draws on Statista’s global, cross-industry employee satisfaction survey, as well as publicly available information on company growth, and sustainability commitments and performance.

The World’s Best Companies  ranking is not open for company applications, creating an independent snapshot of forward-thinking businesses across industries.

Nick Hampton, Chief Executive, Tate & Lyle: “Our people are our greatest asset and it’s a real privilege to lead them as we embed Tate & Lyle at the centre of the future of food. We are honoured to be recognised as a forward-thinking business providing solutions to many of society’s biggest challenges.”

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Notes to editors

Tate & Lyle was number 659 in TIME Magazine’s World’s Best Companies 2026 list. For the full list, click here.

The ranking process began with an assessment of companies that generated over $100 million in revenue in the last available fiscal year, with scrutiny of performance in employee surveys, publicly available revenue growth data, and ESG (environment, social and corporate governance data), to create a list of 1,000 companies that performed best in all three areas. More detail on the methodology here

Tate & Lyle was also recently included in TIME Magazine and Statista’s World’s Most Sustainable Companies list, details here

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About Tate & Lyle PLC:

Supported by over 165-years 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 has approximately 5,000 employees working in around 70 locations in 37 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 2026 Tate & Lyle revenue from continuing operations totalled £2.0 billion. For more information, please visit www.tateandlyle.com or follow Tate & Lyle on LinkedIn, X (Twitter), Facebook or YouTube

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