Tate & Lyle


June 17th 2009
12H45 - 14H15

Healthy consumers are happy consumers.
Anne Barry, Marketing Officer.

Tate & Lyle conducts consumer researches to understand consumer's perceptions towards health, food habits or specific ingredients. Such research identifies how to communicate ingredient's benefits on-pack and help food and beverage manufacturers understand consumer opportunities. The latest research shows European consumers are satisfied with their health, they are however more concerned about improving their diet, as 2 out of 3 European consumers have shown a greater interest in eating healthily over the past two years. Consumers have a positive view of fibre and are looking to add more of it to their diets. On top of that, half of them are even willing to pay more for a product with higher fibre content.


Tate & Lyle's roadmap from market trends to business success.
Caroline Sanders, Marketing Director.

Our CORE^TM range of formulation services helps our customers maximise the potential of their products and brands. CORE^TM solutions combine unique sets of ingredients with innovative product development services to meet the needs of our food and beverage customers. We provide these solutions though four services: CREATE®, OPTIMIZE®, REBALANCE® and ENRICH®. The service tunes in food science, ingredient know-how and consumer insight with manufacturer's everyday reality, and allows customers to bring innovation to market faster. Several practical examples will demonstrate this approach to Innovation.


How can Polydextrose help to keep your business in shape?
Jerome Tauzin, Fibre Product Manager.

Sta-lite® Polydextrose is a premium low calorie bulking agent used to provide body and texture in reduced-calorie foods. With only 1kcal/g and due to its low glycaemic response, Sta-lite® Polydextrose offers opportunities for weight management products. Some studies have also shown prebiotic properties and its ability to improve the intestinal conditions and functions to develop products for digestive health. Because of its high solubility, clarity as well as its stability to acidic conditions and typical heat treatments it is very easy to use to develop a wide range of healthy products. Its excellent tolerance, up to 90g/day, is also a strong advantage.


Maintaining a diet complexity is essential to health. An ingredient supplier perspective.
Aline Perrot, Senior Nutritionist.

There is considerable industry and public interest in the capacity of foods and beverages to promote health and lower risk of non-infectious diseases related to diet and lifestyle. Tate & Lyle has taken the challenge to develop a range of different fibres and wellness carbohydrates and apply them to foods and beverages together with antioxidants and healthy lipids. Studies are carried out to overcome problems with stability under manufacturing conditions, functionality in various food systems, and taste in order to give consumers more options when it comes to getting healthier nutrients in their diet.


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