Tate & Lyle, Sweet Green Fields partner to distribute stevia ingredients
Tate & Lyle, a global provider of specialty food ingredients and solutions, and Sweet Green Fields, a global stevia ingredient company, have entered an exclusive partnership to deliver stevia ingredients and solutions to customers around the world.
Tate & Lyle, a global provider of specialty food ingredients and solutions, and Sweet Green Fields, a global stevia ingredient company, have entered an exclusive partnership to deliver stevia ingredients and solutions to customers around the world. The partnership combines Tate & Lyle’s sweetener expertise, global sales, and distribution network, with Sweet Green Fields’ portfolio of stevia-based ingredients and supply chain. The exclusive distribution partnership begins on April 3, 2017.
“This is an exciting new partnership bringing together a collective passion for food, science, and sweeteners,” said Joan Braca, president, specialty food ingredients, Tate & Lyle. “Together, we will offer customers an extensive range of stevia-based ingredients and solutions to help them meet growing global consumer demand for healthier food and beverages with natural ingredients and fewer calories or less sugar. Tate & Lyle’s broad portfolio of sweeteners, applications expertise, and strong innovation pipeline, combined with Sweet Green Fields’ expertise in the science of stevia, from seed to sale, will create significant opportunities for new product innovation.”
Through this partnership, Tate & Lyle will provide customers with access to Sweet Green Fields’ line of steviol glycosides including its established Project Non-GMO Verified stevia offerings, certified organic stevias, the proprietary stevia extract INTESSE, and the Optimizer stevia series. This range of stevia-based sweeteners will be supported by Tate & Lyle’s global network of application laboratories and scientists, to help customers accelerate product development and speed to market.