I am approaching this question on the different side of the equation. I am not a producer, I am a consumers. I work at a grain elevator. So when products are shipped from the elevator to a large processor, what are those products used for? In this post, I will use corn as an example, and we will talk about Tate & Lyle as the processor.
There are many Tate Lyle locations in the United States, and their headquarters is located in London. There are two processing plants located in Lafayette, Indiana. One on the north side, another on the south side. The north plant takes waxy corn and the south plant takes commercial corn. Corn can be shipped in by truck or rail.
When most consumers think about corn, they think about the corn being fed for livestock consumption. There are many products consumers use that are delivered to these processing plants. You can check out the brands websites.
Tate & Lyle said consumers make up for 75% of their consumption of products. Their products range from food, starches, gums, ethanol, pharmaceutical care, cosmetics and feeds.
The list is long of the products made from corn.
Ethanol
Drywall
Adhesives
Cosmetics
Waxed Paper & Waxed Cardboard
Bio-engineered Bone & Gum Tissue
Splenda & Equal
Windex
Varnish
Toothpaste
Matches
Paving Bricks
Coated Asprin
Tires
Jelly Beans & Licorace
Molded Plastics
Spark Plugs
Diapers
Splenda, a sweeter you are probably familiar with, has a sugar like taste and a sweetening power 600 times more than regular sugar. Sucralose was discovered by Tate & Lyle in 1976 in London. Splenda was launched in 1992. Sucralose is sold to food, beverage and pharmaceutical companies.
If you are interested on the history of Tate & Lyle, visit their website.
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