American Sugar Refining, Inc. is a large privately held cane sugarrefining company, with a production capacity of 6.5 million tons of sugar. The company produces a full line of consumer, industrial, food service, and specialty sweetener products. In 2013, it adopted the corporate brand name ASR Group.[2] Its ownership structure is based on a partnership which includes the Florida Crystals Corporation, part of FLO-SUN, a sugar empire of the Fanjul brothers whose origins go back to Spanish-Cuban sugar plantations of the early 19th century.[3]
Activities
Across North America, American Sugar Refining owns and operates six sugar refineries as well as specialty sweetener production facilities and a strategic warehousing and distribution system that combine to provide seamless production and delivery of its products to customers across the United States, Canada, and Mexico.
American Sugar Refining also owns two of its former major competitors, the California and Hawaiian Sugar Company (C&H Sugar), purchased in 2005, and Jack Frost (National Sugar Company) in 2007. Redpath Sugar, Tate & Lyle's European sugar operations, was acquired in 2010.
In Europe, the company owns and operates sugar refineries in England and Portugal, formerly owned by Tate & Lyle.
The company is also the majority shareholder of Belize Sugar Industries, the only sugar mill in Belize.
American Sugar Refining now produces and sells Lyle's Golden Syrup, a brand of golden syrup. According to a news report, the Guinness Book of Records has concluded that the design of the Lyle's Golden Syrup tin, which has remained almost unchanged since 1885, forms Britain's oldest brand.[12]
