24 May 2018 --- Tate & Lyle PLC is to acquire a 15 percent equity holding in Sweet Green Fields, one of the largest privately held, fully integrated global stevia ingredient firms, in a deal which brings the two companies closer together after they have already been in a worldwide distribution deal for the last year. The acquisition will build on last April’s agreement which saw Tate & Lyle become the exclusive worldwide distributor of Sweet Green Fields’ portfolio of stevia-based ingredients and the new strengthened deal promises “breakthrough” stevia products.