Tate & Lyle opens expanded capacity at oat ingredients facility in Kimstad, Sweden

Food ingredient provider Tate & Lyle has expanded the capacity at its oat ingredients manufacturing facility in Kimstad, Sweden.

The expansion is part of company’s $100m investment in additional capacity for speciality food ingredients announced in May 2014.

The new investment in the facility, which was acquired by Tate & Lyle in 2013, will increase its capacity by more than tenfold.

Tate & Lyle speciality food ingredients president Joan Braca said: “We continue to see growing demand for oat ingredients across the world as consumers look for healthier and tastier foods.

“Through the expansion of our facility in Sweden, and our deep formulation expertise, we will be able to help our customers develop more products with health-benefit claims and functional benefits.”

At this facility, Tate & Lyle uses its patented manufacturing process to transform locally sourced Swedish oats into high-value ingredients such as PromOat Beta Glucan and PrOatein Oat Protein, which are used in a wide variety of food and beverages, including breakfast cereals, smoothies, baked goods, bars and sports shakes.

Tate & Lyle vice-president and general manager oat ingredients Henrik Schmidt said: “The expansion at our facility in Kimstad has brought significant benefits to the local community.

“The number of employees at the facility has more than doubled since 2013 and many local companies have been used to deliver the expansion and provide supplies and services.

“We would like to thank the local authorities for their support of this project and we look forward to our continued relationship with them.”

The Kimstad facility also produces Avenacare Oat Beta Glucan for the personal care and cosmetics industries. The company also claimed that its patented process does not use any chemicals.