Ambitious new target aims to reach 35 billion ‘daily fibre gap equivalent’ servings by 31 March 2030
Tate & Lyle PLC, a global leader in ingredient solutions for healthier food and beverages, has set an ambitious new target to fill consumer’s daily ‘fibre gap’ by delivering an additional 15 g of fibre per day to people’s diets, 35 billion times by 2030. This fibre fortification goal has been added to Tate & Lyle’s 2030 purpose targets.
The recommended global intake of fibre is around 30g each day. However, the average global daily adult intake falls well short of this by approximately 15 g per day, known as the ‘fibre gap’. This means most people could feel real benefits from increasing their fibre intake to recommended levels. This is important since a low fibre intake can disrupt digestive health and comfort.
Research shows that consumption of prebiotic fibres positively impacts growth of beneficial gut bacteria leading to a variety of health benefits including the body’s ability to absorb minerals, overall bone health, cognitive health and glycaemic control. As a global leader in soluble fibres, with a NutraStrong™ prebiotic verified portfolio, Tate & Lyle is well-positioned to help improve health for consumers around the world by adding fibre to everyday food and beverages. This makes closing the fibre gap a sustainable, healthy habit.
Between 1 April 2020 and 31 March 2026, Tate & Lyle helped to improve consumer nutrition by providing 18.3 billion ‘daily fibre gap equivalent’ servings of 15 g of fibre in food and beverages. Its target is to reach 35 billion ‘daily fibre gap equivalent’ servings by 31 March 2030.
This new fibre fortification goal has been added to Tate & Lyle’s long-term purpose targets which measure how Tate & Lyle is living its purpose of Transforming Lives through the Science of Food through the three pillars of: Supporting Healthy Living; Building Thriving Communities; and Caring for our Planet. These purpose targets, originally set over a five-year period to 2025, have been extended to cover a ten-year period from 1 April 2020 to 31 March 2030. Strong progress is already being made. For example, over the six years ended 31 March 2026, Tate & Lyle has:
- Removed 12 million tonnes of sugar from people’s diets through its low- and no-calorie sweeteners, equivalent to 48 trillion calories (2030 target is removing 20 million tonnes of sugar).
- Provided 5 million nutritious meals for people in need through partnerships with food banks and other charitable partners (2030 target is providing 7 million meals)
- In the year ended 31 March 2026, Tate & Lyle also beneficially used 98% of the waste it generated either as nutrients for local farms, in energy recovery or by recycling (2030 target is 100 %).
Tate & Lyle PLC, a global leader in ingredient solutions for healthier food and beverages, has received NutraStrong™ Prebiotic Verified certification for four product lines within its leading prebiotic fibre portfolio, recognising the strength of its science-led approach to prebiotic fibre innovation.
Tate & Lyle is a member of the Global Prebiotic Association (GPA). GPA recognises and endorses the standards offered by the global NutraStrong™ Prebiotic Verified programme.
The certification provides independent, third-party verification against recognised scientific criteria. It is designed to recognise ingredient brands that meet rigorous standards for scientific substantiation, quality and transparency. It covers Tate & Lyle’s PROMITOR® Soluble Fibre, STA-LITE® Polydextrose, EUOLIGO® FOS and GOSYAN® GOS product ranges.
Tate & Lyle’s fibre portfolio is supported by a strong body of scientific evidence. For example, PROMITOR® Soluble Fibre alone is backed by more than 20 scientific studies and there are hundreds of studies across the full breadth of the portfolio. NutraStrong™ certification builds on this foundation, providing customers with independent verification of the quality and scientific substantiation behind Tate & Lyle’s prebiotic fibre solutions.
The verification process included:
- Product specification and analytical review
- Confirmation of ingredient dosage supporting a prebiotic claim (including at least one randomised, controlled trial demonstrating microbiome modulation and a resulting health benefit)
- Verification of laboratory and manufacturer accreditation.
The certified ingredients support a range of substantiated benefit areas, from digestive health to mineral absorption for bone health, cognitive function, immunity, glycaemic control and satiety1.
As demand for fibre-enriched and gut health-supporting products continues to grow, this certification gives customers added confidence in using Tate & Lyle’s fibre solutions across a wide range of applications, from beverages, dairy and bakery to snacks, cereals, bars and supplements.
1Not all benefits apply to all fibres. Research per fibre available upon request with many summaries within: Our Ingredients | Nutrition Centre | Tate & Lyle
Tate & Lyle PLC, a global leader in ingredient solutions for healthier food and beverages, welcomes the publication of a new peer-reviewed study from world-leading APC Microbiome Ireland at University College Cork, supported in part by research grants from Tate & Lyle and Research Ireland. The study introduces a new tool, designed to improve the potential gut health outcomes and the quality and speed of development of synbiotic ingredient combinations for the food, beverage and supplement industries. The study used two of Tate & Lyle’s recently NutraStrong™ certified prebiotic fibres: EUOLIGO® FOS (fructo-oligosaccharides) and PROMITOR® Soluble Fibre as part of its screening for synbiotic potential.
Synbiotics, combinations of probiotics and prebiotic fibres, are attracting growing interest across the food and beverage industry as they bring both beneficial components together, helping healthy bacteria not only reach the gut but also thrive, amplifying their potential impact on health compared to pre-or probiotics used alone.
The research, published in the Journal of Applied Microbiology, introduces the Synbiotic Potential Score (SPS) – a new screening tool that helps researchers identify which combinations of probiotics and prebiotic fibres work most effectively together. The SPS supports a more efficient and systematic way of identifying promising combinations early in development, reducing the time and resources that often go into a trial and error-based approach and consequently speeding up availability for use in new product development for customers.
Today, brands are exploring synbiotics across categories including functional beverages, yoghurts, nutrition products and supplements, responding to demand for more personalised and functional food experiences. As the market evolves, brands and researchers are increasingly focusing on combinations that deliver more targeted and effective consumer benefits.
Using the SPS framework, researchers screened eight probiotic strains and how they grew across a range of well-recognised prebiotic ingredients, including Tate & Lyle’s EUOLIGO® FOS and PROMITOR® Soluble Fibre at various fibre contents.
The findings showed that different probiotic strains respond differently to specific prebiotic fibres. This highlights that a more targeted approach to pairing a probiotic with the most synergistic prebiotic fibre has the potential to unlock greater health benefits for consumers.
These differences were true whether the screened prebiotics were tested individually or in combination, reinforcing the growing industry focus and the need for more targeted and complementary synbiotic development, rather than a one-size-fits-all approach to combining prebiotics and probiotics.
The SPS framework supports this next generation of synbiotic innovation by helping researchers better understand how specific probiotic strains interact with different fibres. This could help accelerate innovation for better gut health outcomes across food and beverage categories. Gut health continues to grow as a consumer priority as well as the understanding of its role in overall health.
Tate & Lyle contributed scientific expertise and supplied prebiotic ingredients for the study.
While the authors note that further clinical and functional validation remains important, the SPS framework offers a scalable approach for early-stage screening and could help streamline future synbiotic research and development.
Dr. Harriët Schellekens, Group leader at APC Microbiome Ireland, said: “As interest in gut health continues to grow, there is increasing demand for more targeted and evidence-based synbiotic products. The Synbiotic Potential Score provides researchers with a practical way to compare how different probiotic strains respond to specific fibres and identify promising combinations earlier in the development process.”
Dr. Clare Leonard, VP Nutrition and Health Science at Tate & Lyle, said: “Understanding how specific prebiotic fibres perform with different probiotic strains is central to developing synbiotic products that deliver better gut health. This research is exciting as it gives the industry a more rigorous way to make those connections earlier in the development process.”
Ingredion Incorporated, a leading global provider of ingredient solutions to the food and beverage and industrial segments, announced a recommended all-cash offer for the acquisition of Tate & Lyle PLC, a global leader in mouthfeel, sweetening and fortification. The transaction implies a total enterprise value of approximately £3.7B ($5.0B), based on the pound sterling to U.S. dollar exchange rate on June 5, 2026.
The Acquisition represents a compelling opportunity to bring together two complementary businesses with a shared commitment to innovation, customer partnership and scientific excellence. Together, the combined group will be better positioned to help customers address evolving consumer needs by delivering products that are nutritious and affordable, with the taste, texture and quality that consumers expect. By combining complementary ingredient portfolios, technical expertise and geographic supply networks, the Acquisition will accelerate Ingredion’s ongoing transformation and enhance its ability to support customers as they address the trends reshaping the global food and beverage industry …
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Peer-reviewed study finds fibre may boost focus potentially involving the gut-microbiome
Tate & Lyle PLC, a global leader in ingredient solutions for healthier food and beverages, welcomes the publication of a new peer-reviewed study from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, which sheds light on how soluble corn fibre may support cognitive function.
Through a randomised placebo-controlled crossover trial involving healthy middle-aged and older adults, researchers found that daily intake of soluble corn fibre significantly improved focus, while also boosting gut bacteria in ways that may support brain function.
Researchers set out to test whether soluble dietary fibre, already known to support gastrointestinal and physical health, could also improve cognitive performance by changing the gut microbiota, an emerging area of research. The study specifically evaluated the effects of soluble corn fibre on cognitive performance, gut microbiota composition, and the substances those bacteria produce, with the aim of identifying changes in the gut environment affecting cognitive function.
Over a four-week period, forty-two participants consumed soluble corn fibre daily and carried out tests to measure their memory and ability to focus attention. Researchers found that soluble corn fibre consumption led to selectively improved response times during tests compared with the control and increased the abundance of Parabacteroides. Parabacteroides are bacteria that have been linked to possible anti-inflammatory effects, gut barrier protection, and gut derived compounds that could be relevant to gut-brain communication and health outcomes [1].
Dr. David A. Alvarado, lead researcher, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, said: “Soluble fibre is well known for supporting gut and overall physical health, but we are still learning how specific fibres might influence the brain. In our study, consuming soluble corn fibre significantly improved how quickly participants responded during tests of attention and inhibitory control, without sacrificing accuracy. We also saw consistent shifts in the gut microbiota, including increases in Parabacteroides distasonis, a microbe that is well suited to break down this fibre. The extent of the cognitive improvement varied with the magnitude of change in Parabacteroides. These findings point to a gut microbiome signal that may partly help explain how soluble corn fibre supports aspects of brain-related performance.”
Dr. Clare Leonard, VP Nutrition and Health Sciences, Tate & Lyle, said: “There is so much potential for better health outcomes through targeted feeding of the gut microbiota. Fibre is the greatest underutilised resource in our diets. We are seeing studies linking the gut-heart axis, gut-brain axis, and so much more. What’s so wonderful is the solution isn’t an exclusive or expensive supplement but an affordable ingredient that consumers and the industry can easily build into everyday diets: soluble corn fibre. Increasing intakes could be a major unlock for public health.”
Abigail Storms, VP Sweeteners and Fibres, Tate & Lyle, said: ”The science of the gut–brain axis is advancing rapidly, and this study is a powerful example of how nutrition can support cognitive outcomes in ways consumers increasingly care about. Our market insights show strong demand for benefits like focus and stress support, but also a disconnect: people are seeking these outcomes while the industry is still in the early stages of clearly explaining how fibre, prebiotics, and probiotics really work. Evidence that soluble corn fibre can improve focus and positively shift gut bacteria helps bridge that gap, reinforces how everyday ingredients can play a meaningful role in wellbeing. With fibre intakes globally well below recommended levels, connecting this kind of science to consumer-friendly benefits is an important step toward motivating the higher fibre consumption we know is needed.”
The peer-reviewed study has been published in The Journal of Nutrition and was part-funded by Tate & Lyle. The soluble corn fibre used in the study was Tate & Lyle’s PROMITOR® Soluble Fibre.
A groundbreaking stevia composition for cost-effective, premium sweetening
Tate & Lyle PLC, a world leader in ingredient solutions for healthier food and beverages, unveils its new stevia composition, OPTIMIZER STEVIA® 8.10. This innovative ingredient delivers the highly desired premium taste profile closest to sugar, even at high sugar replacement levels, while offering a more cost-effective solution than other premium sweeteners.
This stevia composition offers a comprehensive set of benefits for both manufacturers and consumers. With OPTIMIZER STEVIA® 8.10, manufacturers gain access to a versatile, great tasting stevia at a lower cost-in-use, offering an improved value compared to other premium stevia sweeteners. This translates to delicious, low-calorie options that meet consumer demand without compromising on taste. The unique composition qualifies for labelling as “stevia extract”, (following JECFA* guidance) aligning with consumer preference for a sweetener derived from nature.1**
With versatility across applications, OPTIMIZER STEVIA® 8.10 is ideal for achieving a superior taste profile in high sugar-replacement formulations like nutrition bars and shakes, functional beverages, vitamin gummies, and yoghurt.
Abigail Storms, Senior Vice President Global Platform, Sweeteners & Fibers, Tate & Lyle said: “OPTIMIZER STEVIA® 8.10 is a breakthrough for the industry. We’ve leveraged our technical expertise to create a sweetener that not only meets the highest standards of taste and quality but also delivers cost savings to our customers. OPTIMIZER STEVIA® 8.10 opens a world of possibilities for food and beverage manufacturers because they no longer have to compromise on taste because of cost. Whether you’re looking to improve taste, reduce costs, or enhance the nutritional profile of your products, OPTIMIZER STEVIA® 8.10 delivers on all fronts.”
This development underscores Tate & Lyle’s unwavering commitment to scientific innovation. Through proprietary production processes, the company has unlocked the potential of previously underutilised steviol glycosides, naturally occurring components within the stevia leaf. This innovative process developed by Tate & Lyle’s scientists and engineers enables greater use of the stevia leaf extract, promoting more efficient manufacturing processes.
1Tate & Lyle Proprietary Research, 2024 Global Consumer Ingredient Perception Research – US; Base size n=302
*Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives
**The applicability of label claims and the regulatory and intellectual property status of Tate & Lyle ingredients varies by jurisdiction
Tate & Lyle PLC announce the appointment of David Hearn as a Director and Chair of the Board of Tate & Lyle from 1 January 2024. On appointment, he will also become Chair of the Nominations Committee.
David Hearn is a highly experienced Chair both of listed companies and privately owned businesses. He currently serves as Chair of Safestore Holdings plc and is also Chair of The a2 Milk Company, a company listed on the New Zealand and Australian Stock Exchanges, a position he will step down from on 16 November 2023. He is a non-executive director of Lovat Partners Ltd.
In a career spanning more than 40 years, David has held senior roles in a number of global businesses, including in the food and beverage industry with Del Monte, PepsiCo and United Biscuits. David served as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Goodman Fielder, a listed Australian food business, from 1995 to 2001 and also as CEO of Cordiant Group plc in the US from 2001 to 2003. In 2005, he was appointed CEO of Committed Capital, an international private equity and advisory firm based in London and Sydney, for whom he acted as Chair of a wide range of portfolio businesses over a twelve-year period.
David Hearn will succeed Warren Tucker who has been Interim Chair since 1 September 2023. Warren will continue to serve as a Non-Executive Director and Chair of the Audit Committee after he steps down as Interim Chair.
Paul Forman, Senior Independent Director, who led the search for the new Chair, will retire from the Board on 31 December 2023 and, as previously announced, Kim Nelson will take up the position of Senior Independent Director of Tate & Lyle from 1 January 2024.
Tate & Lyle expands partnership into Greece, Bulgaria and the Republic of North Macedonia
Tate & Lyle PLC, one of the leading global providers of food and beverage ingredients and solutions, is expanding its successful partnership with distributor Azelis in Europe into three new countries, Greece, Bulgaria and the Republic of North Macedonia, from early 2022.
This means Azelis will now be the distributor of Tate & Lyle’s broad portfolio of ingredients and solutions, including its PROMITOR® Soluble Fibres, CLARIA® Clean Label Starches and Stevia sweeteners, to customers in 17 countries.
Azelis is already Tate & Lyle’s biggest distribution partner in Europe and have worked together since 2003. The strengthening of this partnership will allow Tate & Lyle’s customers in Greece, Bulgaria and North Macedonia to benefit from Azelis’ extensive capabilities in solution selling, application and technical services, as well as their market knowledge and supply chain excellence.
Tate & Lyle PLC, a leading supplier of food and beverage ingredients and solutions, announces a set of ambitious new environmental targets and commitments. These targets are aligned to the delivery of Tate & Lyle’s purpose, Improving Lives for Generations, a key pillar of which is to care for our planet and protect its natural resources for the benefit of future generations.
Tate & Lyle’s new environmental targets are, by 2030, to deliver:
- 30 % absolute reduction in Scope 1 and 2 CO2e emissions, with an ambition to reach 20 % reduction by 2025.
- 15 % absolute reduction in Scope 3 CO2e emissions.
- 100 % of its waste to be beneficially used, with an ambition to reach 75 % by 2025.
- 15 % reduction in water use.
- In adopting these targets, Tate & Lyle commits to:
- Eliminate use of coal from its operations by 2025.
- Establish its Scope 1, 2 and 3 CO2e emissions reductions as Science-Based Targets.
Maintain sustainable acreage equivalent to the volume of corn Tate & Lyle buys globally each year, currently 1.5 million acres, and through partnerships accelerate the adoption of conservation practices.
These new targets and commitments build on the steps already taken to enhance Tate & Lyle’s sustainability across its entire value chain. For example, in September Tate & Lyle announced a landmark sustainable agriculture programme in partnership with TruterraTM (formerly Land O’Lakes SUSTAINTM) to help growers in the US Midwest understand the impact sustainable practices can have on their crops and their profitability, and to adopt them.
To demonstrate its commitment to the new environmental targets, Tate & Lyle has linked the pricing of its US$800 million revolving credit facility, extended in May 2020, to the delivery of its new Scope 1 and 2 CO2e emissions, beneficial waste and water reduction targets.
Nick Hampton, Chief Executive at Tate & Lyle, said: “There has never been a greater need for businesses to address the climate change crisis. One of the key pillars of our purpose of Improving Lives for Generations is to care for our planet and with our new environmental targets and commitments we are taking decisive action to protect our planet’s natural resources for the benefit of future generations.”
Anna Pierce, Director of Sustainability at Tate & Lyle, added: “These stretching new targets demonstrate our steadfast commitment to integrate sustainability into our day-to-day business activities, processes and culture.”
