15 August 2007 - On 14 August, a motion by the Sugar Association to compel the inspection of Tate & Lyle's U.S. SPLENDA® Sucralose facility was quashed by the U.S. District Court in Mobile, Alabama. The request for a court order to tour, inspect and videotape the process for making SPLENDA® Sucralose, arose as part of a federal lawsuit between the Sugar Association and McNeil Nutritionals LLC, to which Tate & Lyle was not party.
Austin Maguire, President of Tate & Lyle Sucralose said, “We are pleased that the District Court has ruled against the Sugar Association. Like any business, we seek to protect our intellectual property and manufacturing know-how and so access to our manufacturing facilities by competitors is understandably restricted.”
Since its launch, SPLENDA® Sucralose has become the no-calorie sweetener of choice for the U.S. consumer as both a food ingredient and as the sweetening component in the Nation’s favorite no calorie tabletop sweetener. Its great taste has set a new standard for the sweetness consumers expect in reduced-sugar or reduced-calorie products.