Tate & Lyle Sugars Today

Tate & Lyle Sugars has a rich history in cane sugar and syrups, with roots in East London dating back to the 1870s. Today, we supply high-quality cane sugar, syrups and ingredients to consumers, cafés, restaurants, food manufacturers and other customers across Europe.

Global scale

We are part of ASR Group®, a family of companies which make up the world’s largest refiner and marketer of cane sugar. These companies produce a full line of grocery, industrial, foodservice and specialty sweetener products, with a strong focus on innovation and product development, and hold leading positions in their core markets, which include some of the largest end-markets for sweeteners in the world.

Refining cane sugar in London

Tate & Lyle Sugars employs around 850 direct and contract employees and manufactures sugar, syrups and sweetening ingredients across three UK sites. Our Thames Refinery in Silvertown is the largest cane sugar refinery in Europe and one of the largest in the world, with capacity to refine around 1.2 million tonnes of cane sugar each year.

The home of Golden Syrup

Just a mile away is Plaistow Wharf, the home of Lyle’s Golden Syrup, where more than a million tins of syrup leave the factory every month.

Our Normanton factory in West Yorkshire packs and distributes sugar for food retailers and wholesalers across the UK under the Tate & Lyle, Whitworths Sugar and private label brands.

Together, our sites help us supply high-quality cane sugar, syrups and ingredients to consumers, cafés, restaurants, food manufacturers and other customers across Europe.