Dive Brief:

• Seeking to expand a fructose sweetener production plant in Indiana, London-based Tate & Lyle is investing $65 million in the plant.
• This money infusion will create space for eight more employees as well as "increased capacity in the local production of the sweetener," reports FoodBev.com.
• "This expansion not only allows us to stay ahead of the global demand for crystalline fructose, but also gives us the opportunity and flexibility to continue to grow within the North American and emerging markets," said Joan Braca, Tate & Lyle's president of specialty food ingredients, as reported by FoodBev.com.

Dive Insight:

Tate & Lyle recently introduced Dolcia Prima — "a branded allulose" — as Food Dive has reported on and FoodBev.com notes. With much going on in the sweetener space in terms of bad press, it's interesting that demand is increasing in North America.