Tate & Lyle, a UK-based provider of ingredients and solutions for the food, beverage and other industries, has opened its Technical Service Centre in Mexico City.
The facility offers expertise in the application of Tate & Lyle's ingredients that support new product development and line extensions in beverage, bakery and confectionery, convenience, dairy and snack segments.
It features the advanced technology available for sweeteners, ingredients and texturants, including a multi-functional and scale-up colloid mill, a pilot scale convection oven plus a high precision texture analyzer, to test the application and behavior of Tate & Lyle's wide range of products.
The Technical Service Centre is part of the company's global network of innovation, application and technical service centers that provide application development, rapid prototyping and complete formulation, process and evaluation expertise to help food and beverage customers.
Tate & Lyle Latin America general manager Oreste Fieschi said, "Our new facility enhances new opportunities for our applications and technical service experts to provide food and beverage expertise, while collaborating with customers to develop differentiated and reliable solutions to their challenges."
Tate & Lyle Global Applications vice president Luis Fernandez said, "Our new Technical Service Centre is fully connected with Tate & Lyle's global innovation network and is prepared to help Mexican and Central America's food and beverage manufacturers undertake new product development."
Operating from more than 30 production facilities worldwide, Tate & Lyle is a global provider of ingredients and solutions to the food, beverage and other industries. The company operates through two global business units, Speciality Food Ingredients and Bulk Ingredients, and is supported by Innovation and Commercial Development.