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TLPR0902 - 03/08/2009
Tate & Lyle SPLENDA® Sucralose Received 2009 Ringier Technology Innovation Award
Shanghai, China, Aug 3, 2009 –Tate & Lyle SPLENDA® Sucralose has received 2009 Ringier Technology Innovation Award, a prestigious award within the Food & Beverage industry in China recognizing those who have made the most significant contributions for the advancement of the industry through productivity increase, economic efficiency, market opportunity creation, and production process.
SPLENDA® Sucralose is a no-calorie, high-intensity sweetener suitable for use in a diverse range of food products from carbonated beverages to baked goods. It is made from sugar, tastes like sugar but it’s not sugar; it is approximately 600 times sweeter than sugar but does not promote tooth decay. SPLENDA® Sucralose is also extremely stable, and maintains its sweetness even when exposed to high temperature food processing such as pasteurization, sterilization, UHT processing and baking. In addition, it remains stable in food products throughout an extended period of storage, even at low PH, SPLENDA® Sucralose can be used by everyone including children, pregnant women, nursing mothers and people with diabetes. Moreover, SPLENDA® Sucralose has been manufactured in accordance with FDA Good Manufacturing Practice and complies with the Joint Expert Committee on Food Additives (JECFA), Food Chemical Codex and US Pharmacopoeia specifications.
“SPLENDA® Sucralose provides food manufacturers the option to develop new products and to reformulate popular food and beverages into a healthier option with no compromise on the taste.” said Dr. Ping Chen, Tate & Lyle R&D Director, Asia Pacific. “Tate & Lyle is proud and honoured to be chosen for this award. We strive to continuously improve and develop products that meet the ever changing market needs.”
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Tate & Lyle
Tate & Lyle is a world-leading renewable food and industrial ingredients company, serving a global market from over 45 production facilities throughout the Americas, Europe and South East Asia. Our efficient, large-scale manufacturing plants turn agricultural products, corn and cane sugar into valuable ingredients for our customers. These ingredients add taste, texture, nutrition and increased functionality to products that millions of people around the world use or consume every day.
Tate & Lyle’s range of leading branded food ingredients include SPLENDA® Sucralose, PROMITOR™ Dietary Fiber, STA-LITE® Polydextrose, Tate & Lyle Fairtrade Sugar and Lyle’s Golden Syrup. Tate & Lyle also produces branded industrial ingredients including Bio-PDO™, Ethylex® and STA-Lock® paper starches; and staple ingredients such as high fructose corn syrup, sugar, ethanol, citric acid and basic starches. In addition to providing a wide range of ingredients, our expert sales and product applications teams support customers by providing technical advice and proprietary consumer insight studies.
Tate & Lyle is listed on the London Stock Exchange under the symbol TATE.L. American Depositary Receipts trade under TATYY. In the year to 31 March 2009, Tate & Lyle employed 5,718 people in its subsidiaries and joint ventures, and sales totalled $6.4 billion (£3.55 billion) http://www.tateandlyle.com
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About SPLENDA® Sucralose
Tate & Lyle’s SPLENDA® Sucralose starts with sugar, tastes like sugar, but it’s not sugar. SPLENDA® Sucralose comprehensively outperforms all the high-intensity sweeteners on the market through its unique combination of taste, versatility and stability – making it the best choice to help food and beverage manufacturers seize the market opportunity for tastier, healthier, lower-calorie foods and beverages. For more information about SPLENDA® Sucralose, visit www.sucralose.com
About Tate & Lyle
Tate & Lyle is a world-leading renewable food and industrial ingredients company, serving a global market from more than 45 production facilities throughout the Americas, Europe and South East Asia. Our efficient, large-scale manufacturing plants turn agricultural products, corn and cane sugar, into valuable ingredients for our customers. These ingredients add taste, texture, nutrition and increased functionality to products that millions of people around the world use or consume every day.
Tate & Lyle’s range of leading branded food ingredients includes SPLENDA® Sucralose, PROMITOR™ Dietary Fiber, STA-LITE® Polydextrose, Tate & Lyle Fairtrade Sugar and Lyle's Golden Syrup. Tate & Lyle also produces branded industrial ingredients including Bio-PDO™, Ethylex® and STA-Lock® paper starches; and staple ingredients such as high fructose corn syrup, sugar, ethanol, citric acid and basic starches. In addition to providing a wide range of ingredients our expert sales and product applications teams support customers by providing technical advice and proprietary consumer insight studies.
Tate & Lyle is listed on the London Stock Exchange under the symbol TATE.L. American Depositary Receipts trade under TATYY. In the year to 31 March 2009, Tate & Lyle employed 5,718 people in its subsidiaries and joint ventures, and sales totalled $6.4 billion (£3.55 billion) http://www.tateandlyle.com
SPLENDA® is a trademark of McNeil Nutritionals, LLC
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