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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Sarah Butler

Biscuits, gummies and seaweed: the Tate & Lyle boss who’s moved on from sugar

Nick Hampton perched on the back of a sofa looking at the camera
Nick Hampton says Tate & Lyle has helped remove over 9m tonnes of sugar from people’s diets since 2020. Photograph: Sarah Lee/The Observer

A plate of Rich Tea biscuits is prominently placed in the centre of the table as Tate & Lyle chief executive Nick Hampton sits down at its swish London headquarters.

His 104-year-old company’s name may be synonymous with the sugar – and Golden Syrup – found on supermarket shelves, but Hampton has had a different part to play in creating one of the nation’s favourite dunkers. Tate & Lyle creates a plethora of ingredients which offer an alternative to that sweet stuff – including extra fibre and sugar replacement in the biscuits.

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