Tate & Lyle PLC
Tate & Lyle -- one of the world's largest makers of white and raw cane sugar -- will soon have to look elsewhere. Headquartered in London, Tate & Lyle makes sugar by-products such as molasses used in animal feed, and sugar and high fructose corn syrup, citric acid, and starches used in foodstuffs. It is a top supplier of sucralose, the no-calorie sweetener sold in some 50 countries worldwide under the brand name SPLENDA. Serving multiple sectors, Tate & Lyle's customers include manufacturers in the food, beverage, pharmaceutical, cosmetic, industrial, and animal-feed industries. The firm is exiting the Sugars business to focus on value-added Specialty Food Ingredients.