Tate & Lyle Unveils CORE Offering at IFT Find out more at booth number 2815 LONDON, July 18 /PRNewswire/ -- Tate & Lyle, a world leader in renewable ingredients, has developed a range of services that bring real competitive advantage to food and beverage customers through enhanced consumer focus and a unique ingredient offering. Developed over the last twelve months, Tate & Lyle is bringing four new trademarked services to market: Tate & Lyle Create(TM), Tate & Lyle Optimize(TM), Tate & Lyle Rebalance(TM) and Tate & Lyle Enrich(TM). Tate & Lyle has developed a series of Solution Sets, targeted to support each service, which combine a range of ingredients into a single solution developed for specific market segments. Each solution delivers on specific functional, nutritional, taste or cost targets. By combining consumer insight with an innovative product offering, Tate & Lyle has been able to bring efficiencies to producers by matching consumer wants and, in some cases, facilitating cost reduction through ingredient substitution. Known collectively under the acronym CORE, these services reflect an up- scaled consumer focus that has also seen the implementation of research into eating habits, health and lifestyle across Europe and the US, and an enhanced sensory testing program to demonstrate how our prototypes containing our new Solutions compare to commercially available brands. -- Tate & Lyle Create(TM) delivers innovation in shape, structure, taste and texture -- helping manufacturers create innovative and exciting new products -- Tate & Lyle Optimize(TM) enables manufacturers to deliver cost savings through ingredient and process efficiencies without compromising on taste -- Tate & Lyle Rebalance(TM) reformulates existing products to meet lower fat, lower sugar, lower calorie, lower carb or higher fiber positions while delivering a great taste -- Tate & Lyle Enrich(TM) enhances the nutrition of brands through fortification without compromising on taste "Our continued investment in consumer focused research, new ingredient R&D and sensory testing ensures that we are able to help our customers anticipate changes in the marketplace rather than react to them," said Bob Schanefelt, Global Vice President, R&D. "In FY 2005, our Research & Development headcount increased by 17 percent and we are continuing to increase Research & Development investment through FY2006." At IFT, Tate & Lyle will be profiling three Tate & Lyle Rebalance(TM) Solutions: Carb Optimizer(TM) 25 Chocolate Dairy Drink Ingredients, Beverage Rebalance 601 Flavored Water Ingredients and Rebalance System(TM) 50 Cracker Ingredients. Tate & Lyle will also introduce Alleggra(TM) Egg Product, a new soy-based technology that replaces eggs in a wide range of foods, and a fortified water prototype. About the Carb Optimizer(TM) 25 Chocolate Dairy Drink Ingredients: Tate & Lyle's Carb Optimizer(TM) 25 Chocolate Dairy Drink Ingredients help manufacturers meet the strong consumer demand for reduced sugar dairy products. This Solution Set can create a sweet chocolate milk drink, with heat stable sweetness, and provides a rich and creamy mouthfeel in both low-fat and fat-free systems. A chocolate milk drink made with Carb Optimizer(TM) 25 contains fewer calories than a traditional full-fat, full sugar chocolate milk. This formula consists of 45 percent less added sugar and 45 percent fewer calories when compared to other full-fat chocolate milk drinks in the marketplace. Carb Optimizer(TM) 25 can also be used in no-sugar-added flavored dairy and non-dairy (soy) drinks. About the Rebalance System(TM) 50 Cracker Ingredients: Rebalance System(TM) 50 Cracker Ingredients offer manufacturers the solution for a new and unique, nutritionally balanced snack cracker. This Solution Set offers formulators the ability to replace substantial amounts of wheat flour with functional proteins and flavor/texture enhancing ingredients. Tate & Lyle's R&D team has successfully developed a prototype of a whole grain cracker with Rebalance System(TM) 50 using traditional sheeted cracker technology. Rebalance System(TM) 50 provides appropriate dough machining properties and contributes a light and crispy texture in the presence of higher dietary fiber and protein. Additionally, Rebalance System(TM) 50 enhances flavor in whole grain cracker formulas by providing mild sweetness. Rebalance System(TM) 50 reduces the amount of digestible carbohydrates, such as flour and sugar, in traditional and whole grain cracker formulas. Rebalance System(TM) 50 can also be used in trans-fat-free cracker formulas while maintaining appropriate dough machinability and a crispy texture after baking. The whole grain cracker prototype provides 3 grams of dietary fiber and 5 grams of protein per 30 gram serving, offering consumers a "Good Source of Fiber" with a moderate increase in protein when compared with the traditional crackers. About Alleggra(TM): Alleggra(TM) is a unique soy-based technology that has been designed to fully replace liquid and powdered eggs or other egg products in most foods and food service entrees. Alleggra(TM) offers benefits in nutrition, convenience, cost-in-use and addresses microbial food safety concerns. Alleggra(TM) provides binding and adhesion, coating, color, browning, glazing, emulsification, coagulation, gelling, anti-staling, moisturizing and thickening in food systems. It may be served scrambled, or in omelets, patties and quiches to fully replace eggs. It may be substituted for eggs in muffins, cakes, brownies, cookies, pancakes, dressings and sauces, pastas, custards as well as shelf-stable, refrigerated or frozen prepared meals where eggs are utilized in the formulation or as a meal component. Alleggra(TM) has a similar protein content, 19% less total fat, 74% less saturated fat and fewer calories than a conventional hen's egg. Also, Alleggra(TM) has almost no cholesterol. The technology is user-friendly offering a range of benefits in handling, processing and storage, including its performance strengths in freeze-thaw and microwave applications. It retains its physical properties better than liquid egg, and may be reheated without compromising texture or flavor. Alleggra(TM) reduces risks associated with salmonella in shell eggs, and does not need the refrigeration that is generally required with processed eggs. As a result, there is an increased shelf-life associated with the product. It also offers significant savings in storage space and is easier to transport than conventional eggs. About Rebalance(TM) 601 Flavored Water Ingredients: Rebalance(TM) 601 Flavored Water Ingredients provide well balanced sweetness in a fresh, fruity flavored water that tastes great and is low in sugar. A recent survey* showed that lower sugar is the number one priority when it comes to improvements in flavored waters. Beverages made with Tate & Lyle's Rebalance(TM) 601 contain up to 85 percent fewer calories per serving, when compared to full sugared beverages of comparable sweetness. This Solution Set is compatible with calcium citrate and additional vitamins, which allows for more targeted nutritive benefits. Rebalance(TM) 601 can be used in a variety of beverages. Orange and berry flavored water prototypes, which are enhanced with vitamins and Tate & Lyle Calcium Citrate, offer consumers a fortified water with great taste. Independent research showed that the Tate & Lyle orange and berry flavored water samples have well-balanced flavor and sweetness profiles, being lower in artificial taste, chemical flavor and after-taste than leading national flavored water brands. *Incepta Marketing Intelligence Research Study About Tate & Lyle: Tate & Lyle is a world leading manufacturer of renewable food and industrial ingredients. It uses innovative technology to transform corn, wheat and sugar into value-added ingredients for customers in the food, beverage, pharmaceutical, cosmetic, paper, packaging and building industries. The Company is a leader in cereal sweeteners and starches, sugar refining, value added food and industrial ingredients, and citric acid. Tate & Lyle is the world number-one in industrial starches and is the sole manufacturer of SPLENDA(R) Sucralose. Headquartered in London, Tate & Lyle is listed on the London Stock Exchange under the symbol TATE.L. In the US its ADRs trade under TATYY. The Company operates more than 60 production facilities in 28 countries, throughout Europe, the Americas and South East Asia. It employs 6,700 people in its subsidiaries with a further 4,800 employed in joint ventures. Sales in the year to 31 March 2004 totaled 3.1 billion pounds. Additional information can be found on http://www.tateandlyle.com/. SPLENDA(R) is a trademark of McNeil Nutritionals, LLC DATASOURCE: Tate & Lyle CONTACT: Ferne Hudson, Public Relations Manager of Tate & Lyle PLC, +44-20-7977-6143, ; or Lauren Stein, +1-212-850-5650, , or Jessica Perry, +1-212-850-5618, , both of Financial Dynamics for Tate & Lyle Public Relations Web site: http://www.tateandlyle.com/

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