Sucralose: The final frontier, and the fourth generation...
Substitute three alcohol groups on a sugar molecule with three chlorine atoms and hey presto, you've got sucralose. But making it on an industrial scale is something quite different, and being part of the team that first made it happen 13 years ago was pretty special, says plant manager Mark Huber.
He's tight-lipped about how Tate & Lyle's "4th generation" production process compares with rivals' but says T&L trumps competitors every time for quality, purity and consistency.