Life Gets Sweeter: Fairtrade Certified Tate+Lyle® Sugars Now Available in the U.S.

We have some sweet news! For your baking, sprinkling and mixing pleasure, Fairtrade certified Tate+Lyle® Organic Pure Cane Sugar and Organic Turbinado Raw Cane Sugar are now available in the United States, along with Tate+ Lyle® Natural Pure Cane Sugar.

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Tate & Lyle Sugars is one of Europe’s leading sugar and sweetener brands.  Tate & Lyle Sugars sources Fairtrade sugar from approximately 20,000 small scale cane farmers, and the company is one of the largest single payers of the Fairtrade premium to Fairtrade certified farmers, which amounted to $7.6 million last year.  These funds are used to support education and environmental programs in sugar farming communities along with other community building programs.

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Find out where you can purchase Tate +Lyle® Fairtrade certified Sugars, find delicious recipes and learn more about Tate & Lyle Sugars’ commitment to Fairtrade at www.tateandlylesugars.com.

Photo 1 caption: Paraguayan sugar cane farmer posing in front of his bull-cart. Credit: Didier Gentilhomme/Fairtrade International

Photo 2 caption: Students smile after class at the San Narciso Roman Catholic School. The Belize Sugar Cane Farmers Association constantly donates educational materials, paid for with the Fairtrade premium, to numerous schools in their communities. For every ton of sugar that Tate & Lyle Sugars purchases from Belize Sugar Industries, members of BSCFA receive an additional Fairtrade Premium of $60 a metric ton to invest in projects that will improve their livelihoods. Credit: James A. Rodríguez/Fairtrade International