Tate & Lyle announces IMCD as exclusive distribution partner in Brazil

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March 22nd, 2023, São Paulo, Brazil: Tate & Lyle PLC (Tate & Lyle), a world leader in ingredient solutions for healthier food and beverages, announces IMCD as its new exclusive partner in the distribution of ingredients in Brazil. The purpose of this new partnership is to expand Tate & Lyle's offer of sweetening, texture, stabilisation and fortification solutions to the food, beverage, nutrition and supplement industries in Brazil.

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“Our objective in having IMCD Brazil as the exclusive partner in the distribution of our ingredients is to expand and facilitate the offer of our solutions to the food, beverage nutrition and supplement industries throughout Brazil, whilst delivering excellent customer service. In addition, Tate & Lyle and IMCD Brazil share the same values and commitments to the community and the environment, which makes us even more certain that this will be a very successful partnership,” comments Ivelise Vieira, Sales Director for Tate & Lyle Brazil.

Headquartered in Rotterdam, The Netherlands, IMCD Group is a leading distributor, formulator and solution provider of ingredient and specialty chemicals. Its results-oriented professionals deliver market-focused solutions to suppliers and customers in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Americas and Asia-Pacific regions, offering a broad range of product portfolio.

“IMCD Brasil is constantly looking for opportunities to add value to the industries we serve,” said Rafael Ferrarese, Food & Nutrition Business Unit Head at IMCD Brazil. “Our dedicated team of technical and commercial experts are delighted to enhance our ability to serve the food, beverage, nutrition and supplement manufacturing markets with Tate & Lyle's portfolio of high-quality ingredients through this new partnership.”

The partnership is effect from 22 March and comprises the distribution of sweetener lines including fructose, stevia, sucralose and erythritol; soluble fibres; modified starches and clean label functional starches; and stabilisation and functional systems.

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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