Abram Lyle
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Abram Lyle was a Scottish food manufacturer and politician, who is noted for founding the sugar refiners Abram Lyle & Sons in 1887, which merged with the company of his rival Henry Tate to become Tate
Late 19th-century extension to the Glebe Sugar Refinery, Ker Street, Greenock, where Lyle took up the business. The original sugarhouse was on the left, now the site of an Aldi supermarket
Tate & Lyle syrup refinery at Plaistow Wharf, 2009
A tin of Lyle's Golden Syrup, first sold in 1885. Recognised by Guinness World Records as having the world's oldest branding and packaging.
Golden syrup
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Golden syrup or light treacle is a thick, amber-coloured form of inverted sugar syrup made by the process of refining sugar cane or sugar beet juice into sugar. It is used in a variety of baking recip
Abram Lyle
…a site for a new refinery. Together with his three sons he bought two wharves at Plaistow in East London in 1881 to construct a refinery for producing golden syrup. The site happened to be around 1.5 miles (2.4 km) from the sugar refinery of his rival, Henry Tate. In the first year Lyle's refinery showed a loss…
Golden syrup's characteristic amber colour
A worker of A. Lyle and Sons Ltd. attending the vacuum pans, producing golden syrup, during World War I