Here's where you can find the answers to frequently asked questions concerning sugar and health and Tate & Lyle sugar products. If you have any further questions, just contact us. We'll do our best to answer them.

Why are there E numbers in some of your sugars and syrups?  
Tate & Lyle strives to produce sugars and syrups containing natural ingredients. In some instances, we have added products that carry an E number to enhance performance. Currently E330 (citric acid) is added to Tate & Lyle Jam Sugar and Tate & Lyle Traditional Royal Icing Sugar and some of our flavoured syrups to ensure an adequate set and to improve flavour. Citric acid is found in living organisms and is a normal intermediate product in the metabolism of carbohydrates. Anti-caking agent E554 is used in Tate & Lyle Icing Sugar to absorb moisture from the air, so that your sugar will not be lumpy or hard in texture.

Should pregnant women avoid any of your products?  
All our Tate & Lyle sugar products are fine for pregnant women - even the dried egg white in royal icing sugar has been pasteurised and so is safe for pregnant women to eat.

Do any of your products contain gluten?   
All Tate & Lyle sugar products can be stated as gluten free. 

I have Galactosemia - should I avoid any of your products?  
Since pectin is a polymer containing galacturonic acid, which may digest to galactose, you may wish to avoid Tate & Lyle Jam Sugar.

Are there nuts in any of your products?
No Tate & Lyle sugar products contain nuts except for Lyle's Hazelnut Coffee Syrup which may contain traces.

Do any of your products contain eggs?  
Only Tate & Lyle Traditional Royal Icing Sugar, which contains dried egg white. 

Do any of your products contain milk?  
Lyle's Squeezy Chocolate flavour contains skimmed milk powder.  All of our other Tate & Lyle sugar and syrup products do not contain milk or milk derivatives.

Are your products fat free and cholesterol free?  
Lyle's Squeezy Syrup Chocolate flavour contains 6.6% fat. 
All our other Tate & Lyle sugar products are fat and cholesterol free.  

Do any of your products contain monosodium glutamate?  
None of our Tate & Lyle sugar products contain monosodium glutamate.

What does fructose offer?
Fruit sugar has a low GI (glycaemic index).  This means it results in lower blood sugar levels when consumed. Please note that your blood sugar will be affected by other dietary factors including the total carbohydrates in the foods you eat.

Is brown sugar healthier?  
It contains more of the components of the original sugar cane, which are responsible for its characteristic cane flavour. However, the differences between brown and white sugar are nutritionally insignificant in a well balanced diet.