Sucralose Patent Suit

Tate & Lyle PLC
                  

Tate & Lyle PLC Announces Filing of Suit Alleging Infringement of Patented
Sucralose Manufacturing Technology

Tate & Lyle announces that its US subsidiary, Tate & Lyle Sucralose, Inc. filed
suit yesterday in the US District Federal Court for Central Illinois against a
Chinese manufacturing group based in Hebei province as well as six importers of
sucralose into the US. The proceedings allege infringement of patented sucralose
manufacturing technology in respect of sucralose manufactured in China.

Robert Gibber, General Counsel of Tate & Lyle said 'We have a robust estate of
patents and will, as we have always said, vigorously defend and enforce them,
protecting our trade secrets and preventing others from infringing our
proprietary rights.'

The defendants named in the Complaint are manufacturers Hebei Sukerui Science
and Technology Co., Ltd (which also trades as Hebei Province Chemical Industry
Academe, Dongfang Biological Chemical Company, Hebei Province Chemical Industry
Academe Experimental Factory, Hebei Sukerei Science and Technology Co., Ltd.,
Hebei Sukerei Science and Technology and Shijiazhuang Hecheng Baite Chemical
Technology Co., Ltd.), Hebei Research Institute of Chemical Industry and Hebei
Chemical Engineering and Industry Research Institute (which also trades as Hebei
Chemical Engineering and Industry Research Institute). The named importers are
Profood International, Inc., Forbest International, Inc., Beijing Forbest Trade
Co., Ltd., MTC Industries, Inc., JSZ International, Inc. and Amax Nutrasource,
Inc.
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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® 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.

SPLENDA® is a trademark of McNeil Nutritionals, LLC