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The Guardian - UK
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Tate & Lyle gives up sugar

Tate & Lyle: 1911: An Adelie penguin stands next to two cans of Lyle's golden syrup
Captain Scott's Antarctic expedition in 1911 took Lyle's Golden Syrup down south, but this Adelie penguin doesn't look too keen on it, preferring to guard its eggs
Photograph: Popperfoto/Getty Images
Tate and Lyle: 1912: Expedition team members pack boxes of Tate sugar
Scott's expedition team members pack boxes of Tate sugar – the firm was at the time a fierce rival of Lyle – for sledging rations in 1912
Photograph: Popperfoto/Getty Images
Tate & Lyle: 1949: A Tate & Lyle bag of sugar carries a drawing of Mr Cube
1949: a Tate & Lyle bag of sugar carries an anti-nationalisation slogan. 'If they juggle with sugar they juggle with your shopping basket'.
Photograph: Hulton Archive/Getty Images
Tate & Lyle: 1957: A little girl grins at the prospect of Tate & Lyles Golden Syrup
1957: A little girl grins with delight at the prospect of Tate & Lyle's Golden Syrup on sliced bread. And why not
Photograph: Jamie Hodgson/Getty Images
Tate & Lyle: Tate And Lyle Stand At The Daily Mail Ideal Home Exhibition 1951.
1951: Tate & Lyle's stand at the Daily Mail ideal home exhibition, showing how sugar was packed
Photograph: Daily Mail/Rex Features
Tate & Lyle: 1974: Hundreds of bags of sugar at the Tate & Lyle warehouse
1974: Hundreds of bags of sugar at a Tate & Lyle warehouse
Photograph: D Morrison/Express/Getty Images
Tate & Lyle: 1974: Tate & Lyle lorries outside the factory in Silvertown, London
1974: Tate & Lyle lorries on the road outside the factory in Silvertown, London
Photograph: Bill Orchard/Evening Standard/Rex Features
Tate & Lyle: 2006: The famous design that adorns tins of Lyle's Golden Syrup
2006: The famous design that adorns tins of Lyle's Golden Syrup has been officially recognised by Guinness World Records as the world's oldest brand
Photograph: foodfolio/Alamy
Tate & Lyle: 2008: Diggers move unrefined cane sugar in the warehouse
2008: Diggers move unrefined cane sugar in the warehouse at the Tate & Lyle refinery in Silvertown, London. Tate & Lyle, once the world's biggest sugar refiner, sold off businesses and closed plants after the European Union cut sugar-production quotas
Photograph: Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg via Getty Images
Tate & Lyle: 2008: Packs of Tate & Lyle granulated sugar pass along the production line
2008: Packs of Tate & Lyle granulated sugar pass along the production line at the refinery in Silvertown, London
Photograph: Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg via Getty Images
Tate & Lyle: 2008: The Tate & Lyle factory on the River Thames
2008: The Tate & Lyle factory on the River Thames at Silvertown
Photograph: Ian Nicholson/PA
Tate & Lyle: 2009: The logo of Tate and Lyle in east London
2009: The Tate & Lyle logo on its London refinery. American Sugar Refining is buying its sugar businesses, pledging not to cut jobs
Photograph: Andrew Winning/Reuters
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