Positive Nutrition | Tate & Lyle | Tate & Lyle

Positive Nutrition | Tate & Lyle

Benefits paired with performance become habit

The power of food is undeniable.

That’s why health-conscious consumers are so mindful of the nutritional choices they make, and why it’s essential to be providing the positive nutrition they want. The ingredients in our portfolio channel this power. We deliver tangible health benefits backed up by clinical research, from fortification with everyday essential nutrients, to supporting the gut microbiome and beyond.  

Success is built on satisfaction.

Your formulation goals and consumers’ health goals both require the same thing to succeed; exceptional taste to match great benefits. By creating products that consumers enjoy you facilitate easier habit integration. So, we use our expertise to make sure the taste, texture and mouthfeel of your formulations are optimised for a delicious eating experience. Giving consumers positivity they can taste and feel as well as measure. 

A different kind of formulation partner

Formulating for health and wellness benefits involves many challenges. You need to navigate the clinical science of nutrition, a shifting regulatory landscape and the technical functionality of ingredients and their interactions. As a partner we guide you through all of it. 

 We make the science feel clear, through expert understanding, concise language and a wealth of evidence.   

 We understand the nuances of regulations and restrictions in different markets, and have unique insights into the way consumer perceptions of different ingredients vary across regions. 

 And we have the capabilities, experience and resources to formulate for added health benefits, while still delivering a functionally amazing, and delicious, product. 


Common positive nutrition challenges we can help you overcome

Tate & Lyle's Fibre Challenges - Fortification
Fortification allows us to add everyday essential nutrients, with a focus on fibre, to your product formulation. Increasing fibre, nutrient density or protein content can enable consumers to meet their nutrition goals on fewer calories. We offer specialized fibre fortification expertise; in-depth science into the digestion and tolerability of different fibre types, alongside consumer preference insights and regulatory expertise for label claims.
Tate & Lyle's Positive Nutrition Solutions - Mouthfeel
We are masters of Mouthfeel. It’s the critical element in creating and matching the taste experience consumers expect, because health benefits alone are not enough to succeed. Leveraging our extensive portfolio of ingredients and expert understanding of their functions and interactions we can help you optimise the sensory experience of your health-forward formulations to make sure you’re not compromising anywhere.
Positive Nutrition - Sweetening
Sweetening is a key enabler of positive nutrition. Consumers seeking health benefits will prioritise food and beverages that provide them when they are easy to integrate into daily habits. This requires a great taste and eating experience. Sweetening ingredients tap into consumer-preferred tastes, while avoiding glycaemic spikes from sugar. Successful healthy habits are built on satisfaction, not restriction, and sweetening ingredients allow consumers to enjoy sweet things while reducing calories and sugar spikes.

Solution Spotlight

With expert support and an extensive ingredient portfolio spanning fibres, sweeteners, starches, hydrocolloids and more, we can find the right solution for any goal. 

A great solution for adding proven health benefits, with easy to digest and well-tolerated prebiotic fibre (65g daily) that can enable fibre-forward formulations. It offers low glycaemic response, gut health benefits, and improved calcium absorption for bone health. It’s easy to formulate with, offering high solubility and a variety of formats with excellent stability in application. 

A great soluble fibre to help consumers feel fuller for longer on less calories. It is a well-tolerated prebiotic fibre (90g daily) that supports satiety. It is easy to formulate with and can replace the functionality of a glucose syrup or sweetener solids. It can be easily used across for a wide range of categories, with great taste, texture and tolerance.  

FOS (Fructo-oligosaccharides) is a soluble dietary fibre that’s recognised as being prebiotic. It’s found in many plants, is low in calories, provides a sweet taste and is easy to process. Its functionality and processing attributes include low heat and acid stability.   

Our GOS (galacto-oligosaccharides) products are made from a chain of galactose sugars generally derived from lactose. Recognised as a prebiotic it can be applied in functional foods and fortified dairy products, including yoghurts. 

Upcycled from citrus peels, GENU® Pectin is well tolerated, and it may support adult clinical nutrition by modulating inflammation, anxiety, and depression.1

Tastes and functions like sugar, but with over 90% fewer calories. DOLCIA PRIMA® Allulose replicates many of sugar’s functional benefits: it adds bulk and texture, depresses the freezing point, and browns when baking. Early studies also indicate the prebiotic potential of allulose. 

Provides an exceptionally clean, sweet taste that is 200x the sweetness of sugar, with no bitter aftertaste. Highly stable, versatile, and applicable across multiple categories and formulations.   

We offer a full range of stevia solutions – a plant-based sweetener that contributes zero calories, does not raise blood sugar and is 200 to 300 times sweeter than sugar.  

Formulating for added health benefits isn’t contained to one category of food and beverage – and neither are our expertise. Discover the work we do across multiple sectors of the industry. 

For health-conscious consumers low and no sugar formulations are an essential part of enjoyable hydration, or a way to indulge in favourites without the calorie implications. Our sweetening ingredients have many applications within this category, delivering enhanced flavour and sweetness with no bitter aftertaste. 

Across the dairy category we utilise our specialist fibre portfolio and fortification expertise to enhance the nutritional value of yogurt products. We increase protein, reduce fat, and support gut health, with no compromise to performance. We also have expertise in formulating better-for-you ice creams.  

Credibility of application for added health benefits is often important to consumers. Nutritional applications are where health ingredients shine. We see fibre content standing out as a differentiator in the high protein market. Health claims prompt trial, while taste and mouthfeel determine the sustainability of the health habit. 

Snacks are a great application for added health benefits throughout the day. Fibre nudges. Sugar and calorie reduction. It is an application built on taste and mouthfeel, where reduced indulgences and added health benefits are easy to integrate each day, only if they don’t compromise on the sensory experience. 

Gummies have become a go-to product in health and wellness: used to deliver added fibre and vitamins, or as a replacement for traditional supplements. With our expertise we are able to formulate for the delicious chewy texture they are known for, overcoming the challenges that products low in sugar but high in fortification normally create.  

Unlock the power of positive nutrition.

Formulate for success by giving consumers health benefits alongside delicious taste. Food and beverages that offer an enjoyable experience to match credible nutritional claims go beyond preference; they become positive habits. And that’s how you win at shelf every time.   



1Reference available upon request 

Prospective purchasers are advised to conduct their own tests, studies and review of the intellectual property and regulatory space to determine the fitness of Tate & Lyle products for their particular purposes, product claims or specific applications