Tate & Lyle and Solevo announce new distribution partnership for West Africa

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29 June 2020, London, UK and Geneva, Switzerland: Tate & Lyle PLC (Tate & Lyle), a leading global provider of food and beverage ingredients, and Solevo, a leading distributor of chemicals and inputs for specific industrial and agricultural segments in Africa, today announced a new distribution partnership. Solevo has become the exclusive distributor of Tate & Lyle’s ingredients in West African countries including Ivory Coast, Senegal and Cameroon.

Traditional African cuisine with chillies in a bowl

This agreement comes from the companies’ shared ambition to offer innovative solutions in the African continent and provide local consumers with access to high-quality food and beverage ingredients, including low calorie sweeteners, health and wellness ingredients such as soluble fibre, texturants, stabilisers, and acidulants.

“We are proud to have Tate & Lyle as a partner,” said Matthieu Van Bree, Head of Industrial Chemicals, Solevo. “With this partnership, we are expanding our position in the market of speciality food ingredients and solutions we offer to our customers in the food and beverage industry.”

Dominique Floch, Regional Sales & Technical Director, Turkey, Middle East and Africa, Tate & Lyle, said: “It’s very exciting to have Solevo as our distribution partner for West Africa. The long history and experience of Solevo in Africa will be very useful to increase our market presence. The African food industry is growing fast and producers are looking for ingredients and solutions that help them meet growing consumer demand for great tasting, shelf-stable food and beverages that support healthier diets. With a partner like Solevo, we are ready to support these trends.”

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Contact information:

Tate & Lyle PLC
[email protected]

Solevo
[email protected]
https://www.solevogroup.com/


About Solevo

SOLEVO is a leading distributor of chemicals and inputs for specific industrial and agricultural segments in Africa where we have been for over 70 years a key strategic partner for industries and farmers.

Our Industry division includes products and services in 7 sectors: Water treatment, Mining, Beauty & Personal Care, Homecare & Industrial Cleaning, Oil & Gas, Food and Beverage Industry, Packaging. Our portfolio in Agriculture covers fertilizers, seeds, crop protection products.

Our goal is to provide our customers with innovative solutions and quality, high-performance, sustainable products to ensure production stability, to improve yields, to support industrial development in the mining and manufacturing sectors and to ensure access to drinking water.

For more information visit our website www.solevogroup.com or visit our LinkedIn page or contact us at [email protected].

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About Tate & Lyle PLC:  

Supported by our 165-year history of ingredient innovation, we partner with customers to provide consumers with healthier and tastier choices when they eat and drink. We are proud that millions of people around the world consume products containing our ingredients and solutions every day.  

Through our leading expertise in sweetening, mouthfeel and fortification, we develop ingredients and solutions which reduce sugar, calories and fat, add fibre and protein, and provide texture and stability to food and drink in categories including beverages, dairy, bakery, snacks, soups, sauces, and dressings.  

Tate & Lyle recently acquired CP Kelco, a leading provider of pectin, speciality gums and other nature-based ingredients to create a leader in mouthfeel, significantly enhancing our solutions capabilities. Following this combination, we now have more than 5,000 employees working in around 75 locations in 39 countries, serving customers in more than 120 countries. Science, Solutions, Society is our brand promise and how we will achieve our purpose of Transforming Lives through the Science of Food. By living our purpose, we believe we can successfully grow our business and have a positive impact on society. We live our purpose in three ways, by supporting healthy living, building thriving communities and caring for our planet.  

Tate & Lyle is listed on the London Stock Exchange under the symbol TATE.L. American Depositary Receipts trade under TATYY. For the year ended 31 March 2024, and on a pro forma basis which assumes for illustrative purposes that the combination with CP Kelco took place on 1 April 2023, revenue for the enlarged Tate & Lyle Group would have been £2.25 billion. For more information, please visit www.tateandlyle.com or follow Tate & Lyle on LinkedIn, X (Twitter), Facebook or YouTube