Sucralose Update

Tate & Lyle PLC
                  

Tate & Lyle PLC - Sucralose update
14 February 2006

Tate & Lyle has become aware of the re-appearance of a low-calorie tabletop
sweetener product branded as 'Altern' in a small number of Wal*Mart stores in
the US. Altern is described as containing sucralose. Tate & Lyle has analysed
samples of this product and believes it to contain an active ingredient of
Chinese origin. Work is being carried out to determine if this ingredient meets
the stringent US Food and Drug Administration specifications and / or infringes
on Tate & Lyle's intellectual property. This ingredient cannot be branded as
SPLENDA(R) Brand Sweetener; SPLENDA(R) is the leading US low-calorie tabletop
sweetener brand.

The quantity of sucralose required for a single table-top product such as Altern
is extremely small and the supply of sucralose to the table-top sector is a
minor part of Tate & Lyle's SPLENDA(R) Sucralose ingredients business. Tate &
Lyle does not expect the launch of this product, even were it to be on a
national scale, to have any material effect on the results of its sucralose
division and is making this statement in recognition of the high level of
investor interest in sucralose.
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Mark Robinson (Investor Relations) Tel: [phone]
Ferne Hudson (Press) Tel: [phone]

About Tate & Lyle:

Tate & Lyle is a world leading manufacturer of renewable food and industrial
ingredients. It uses innovative technology to transform corn, wheat and sugar
into value-added ingredients for customers in the food, beverage,
pharmaceutical, cosmetic, paper, packaging and building industries. The Company
is a leader in cereal sweeteners and starches, sugar refining, value added food
and industrial ingredients, and citric acid. Tate & Lyle is the world number-one
in industrial starches and is the sole manufacturer of SPLENDA(R) Sucralose.

Headquartered in London, Tate & Lyle is listed on the London Stock Exchange
under the symbol TATE.L. In the US its ADRs trade under TATYY. The Company
operates more than 60 production facilities in 28 countries, throughout Europe,
the Americas and South East Asia. It employs 6,700 people in its subsidiaries
with a further 4,500 employed in joint ventures. Sales in the year to 31 March
2005 totalled £3.3 billion. Additional information can be found on
www.tateandlyle.com.

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