Sucralose Plant Expansion

Tate & Lyle PLC
                  

Tate & Lyle announces major increase in sucralose capacity to reflect growing
demand

Tate & Lyle announced today a significant expansion of its sucralose plant in
McIntosh, Alabama at a total capital cost of £16 million (US $30 million). The
expansion will use the existing patented manufacturing process and will be
completed by January 2006.

The project will be funded from existing resources and is expected to cover the
Group's cost of capital in the second year of operation.

Iain Ferguson, Chief Executive of Tate & Lyle, said:

'We have been delighted by the strong customer-led demand for
SPLENDA(R)Sucralose since we completed the sucralose realignment in April this
year. This growth is across all categories and includes the introduction of new
mid-calorie carbonated beverages containing sucralose.'

Tate & Lyle announced the realignment of its sucralose agreements with
McNeil Nutritionals (a division of McNeil-PPC, Inc., a Johnson &
Johnson company) on 19 February 2004 with the transaction completing
in April 2004. As a result, Tate & Lyle became the sole manufacturer
and responsible for the world-wide ingredient sales of SPLENDA(R)
Sucralose to food and beverage manufacturers. McNeil Nutritionals is
responsible for the world-wide SPLENDA(R)Brand retail and foodservice
business. Tate & Lyle supplies McNeil Nutritionals sucralose on an
exclusive basis.

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Tate & Lyle is a world leader in ingredients. Its core competence is to take
corn, wheat or sugar, and add value to these raw materials through technology.
As a result of continuous innovation it offers an ever-wider product portfolio
of versatile and functional ingredients. These products include Cereal
Sweeteners, Starches, Sugars and Citric Acid. Tate & Lyle products have wide
applications in the food, beverage, pharmaceutical, cosmetic, paper, packaging
and building industries. With headquarters in London, Tate & Lyle operates more
than 41 plants and 20 additional production facilities in 28 countries, almost
all in Europe and the Americas. It employs 6,700 people in its subsidiaries with
a further 4,800 employed in joint ventures. Sales in the year to 31 March 2004
totalled £3,167 million. More details are available on this website
www.tateandlyle.com.

SPLENDA(R) is a trademark of McNeil-PPC, Inc.