They’re seeking out beverages that satisfy their wellbeing as well as their taste buds. It’s the ultimate drinkable paradox: bold, tantalizing flavours and refreshing sensations that pack a punch - with immunity, energy or gut health benefits that don’t lose that "wow" factor.
Together, we can turn your beverage into a breakthrough.
Whether it’s cutting sugar from juice, improving taste in flavoured waters or delivering cleaner labels for sodas, our teams have spent years mastering the balance of wellbeing and trend-setting flavour.
Common beverage challenges we can help you overcome
Juice drinks
Flavoured waters
Functional waters
Carbonated beverages
For decades, we’ve turned clean-label innovation into market-leading ROI balancing taste and texture with high-margin functionality.
Frequently Asked Questions
Consumers increasingly want drinks that support wellbeing while still delivering bold flavours and refreshing sensations. They may seek benefits connected with immunity, energy or gut health, but the beverage still needs a strong “wow” factor. Formulators must balance nutrition, taste, mouthfeel, stability and affordability.
Tate & Lyle uses sweeteners with clean-labelling potential, including Monk Fruit Extract, alongside other functional ingredients to reduce sugar and calories. The team considers sweetness balance, flavour, aftertaste and mouthfeel so the finished drink remains refreshing and enjoyable.
Reducing sugar in juice can create unbalanced sweetness or undesirable flavour changes. Tate & Lyle uses sweeteners such as stevia and Monk Fruit Extract to help maintain sweetness and satisfying mouthfeel while lowering sugar and calories, with the combination tailored to the juice formulation.
Flavoured waters can feel thin or develop a bitter, lingering finish. Tate & Lyle's portfolio of functional ingredients can enhance taste and texture, helping create a refreshing drink that remains enjoyable from the first sip to the last.
Yes. Tate & Lyle combines nature-based sweeteners, fibres and flavour modifiers to balance flavour, texture and stability in functional waters. This can help formulators deliver the benefits consumers seek together with the nature-based ingredients and pleasant drinking experience they expect.
Functional additions can change flavour and mouthfeel in carbonated drinks. Tate & Lyle uses formulation expertise to enhance the flavour profile while maintaining carbonation and balance, helping soft drinks stay fun, refreshing and satisfying.
Advanced proprietary texturants can rebuild body and create a richer, more satisfying palate in low-calorie drinks. Tate & Lyle evaluates the complete drinking experience so sugar or calorie reduction does not leave the beverage thin, unbalanced or less enjoyable.
Tate & Lyle supports the integration of vitamins, adaptogens and fibre in beverage formulations. The aim is consistent nutrition and performance throughout the drink, so the last sip is as nutritious as the first while taste, mouthfeel and stability remain appealing.
Yes. Tate & Lyle has experience with cleaner-label sodas, functional waters and other beverage formats. Nature-based sweeteners, fibres, flavour modifiers and texturants can be combined to meet label goals while maintaining sweetness, texture, stability and flavour.
Tate & Lyle combines decades of beverage knowledge with sweetening, mouthfeel, fortification and clean-label expertise. The team works across juice drinks, flavoured and functional waters, carbonated beverages and other formats to balance wellbeing, trend-led flavour, functionality, stability and consumer enjoyment.