Bakery Technologist on UK Food Scientist of the Year award shortlist

22 Aug 2018

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Mold-based Amy Jackson recognised in national food industry awards for helping UK bakers and supermarkets to lower sugar, fat and calories in cakes, biscuits and pastries

Mold, Flintshire: Tate & Lyle PLC (Tate & Lyle), a leading global provider of food and beverage ingredients and solutions, is proud to announce that

Amy Jackson, Tate & Lyle Bakery Technologist, is one of five shortlisted contenders for the title ‘Food Scientist of the Year’ in the UK Food and Drink Federation Awards 2018. 1

Amy has been shortlisted for her work helping bakers across the UK and Europe to reduce sugar, fat and calories in their cakes, biscuits and other baked goods. From Tate & Lyle’s technical service centre and ingredient blending facility in Mold, Flintshire, Amy has adapted hundreds of product recipes to improve their nutrition profile without compromising taste or texture, before helping bakery customers to implement these changes at their sites.

In a recent project, Amy helped a bakery to reduce sugar by 10-15% in a range of own brand cakes that it makes for a major UK supermarket using a Tate & Lyle fibre and stabiliser blend. The supermarket sells around two million cakes each year meaning that, with this project alone, Amy has helped to remove around 25 tonnes of sugar from UK consumers’ diets.2

Amy Jackson, Bakery Technologist at Tate & Lyle, said:

“It’s a real honour to be shortlisted for this national award alongside leading brands and industry peers. Nutrition and bakery have always been passions of mine and it’s really rewarding to be able to help customers to make their pastries, muffins, pies and celebration cakes that bit healthier without compromising on taste. This shortlisting would not have been possible without the support I receive from colleagues at Mold and across the globe. It’s a fantastic feeling and makes me extremely proud to work for Tate & Lyle.”

Murat Orhon, Senior Vice President and General Manager EMEA at Tate & Lyle, said:

"Sugar reduction isn’t easy as sugar provides many different functions in a recipe, and no one project or recipe formulation is alike, which is why we have experts like Amy worldwide helping customers to overcome their technical challenges. We’ve seen a major increase in demand for our sugar reduction technical support in recent years, both in the UK and globally, as the food industry works to deliver more great tasting foods and beverages with less sugar and calories. Amy is a valued member of our technical team and this shortlisting recognises the difference she makes each day to our customers and to the millions of people they feed.”

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1. FDF Awards information here: https://www.fdf.org.uk/fdf-awards.aspx
2. Estimate based on initial sales figures provided in customer brief

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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

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