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JK Sucralose Inc. Voluntarily Intervened and Won the ITC Case Against Tate & Lyle’s Asserted Patents

Jiangsu, China, April 7^th , 2009

JK Sucralose Inc. (JK), the second largest sucralose manufacturer in the world made the following statement concerning the International Trade Commission investigation “In the Matter of Certain Sucralose, Sweeteners Containing Sucralose, and Components Thereof”:

On April 6^th, 2009, after one and half years’ in depth investigation, the United States International Trade Commission (ITC) has issued its final determination indicated that JK Sucralose Inc. and its JK Sweet ^TM Sucralose does not infringe Tate & Lyle’s asserted patents.

May 23^rd, 2006 : Tate & Lyle filed a complaint in Illinois Federal District Court against a Chinese sucralose manufacturer and other Chinese and American companies that import and export sucralose into the United States.

March 2^nd, 2007 : Tate & Lyle was forced to dismiss the above court case filed in Illinois

March 5^th, 2007 : Tate & Lyle filed a new complaint in Illinois Federal District Court against 3 Chinese sucralose manufacturer (NOT INCLUDED JK Sucralose Inc.) and more than 30 Chinese and American sucralose distribution companies.

April 6^th, 2007 : Tate & Lyle filed a compliant at the US International Trade Commission against 3 Chinese sucralose manufacturer (NOT INCLUDED JK Sucralose Inc.) and more than 30 Chinese and American sucralose distribution companies. (The Illinois court case was put to hold due to the ITC case)

August 15^th, 2007 : JK Sucralose Inc. VOLUNTARILY and SUCCESSFULLY intervened the ITC case to challenge Tate & Lyle’s all five processing patents.

Sep. 23^rd, 2008 : ITC Judge issued his initial determination indicated that JK Sucralose Inc. does not infringe Tate & Lyle’s asserted patents.

April 6^th, 2009 : ITC committee issued its final determination indicated that JK Sucralose Inc. does not infringe Tate & Lyle’s asserted patents

Near Future : The Illinois district court case will soon be re-initiated as soon as the ITC case is completed.

Alex An, the CEO of JK Sucralose Inc. announced, “We are extremely pleased with the ITC final determination. We have been paying great efforts in the technology innovation and the improvements of our production process. We also heavily invest in our own intellectual properties. JK Sucralose Inc. filed SEVEN sucralose processing patents in the United States and China. We will defend and protect our own Intellectual Property Rights and our global market share on sucralose through legal action and extensive investment on the technology innovations. JK has a clear mission of bringing people the SWEET SOLUTION OF A HEALTHY LIFE.”

Our manufacturing plant is designed for the capacity of 800 MT and is already approved by Chinese government. We will be able to support the increasing market demand of our JK Sweet^TM Sucralose in Food and Pharmaceutical industries globally. Our large Sucralose inventory in China, USA and Europe will greatly support our global customers’ daily business. JK has invested a state of the art, high sophisticated cGMP facility. It is our commitment to our customers to supply the best and consistent quality sucralose with our best services.

JK Sucralose Inc.’s facilities are GMP, HACCP and ISO 9001:2001 certified and has passed more than three third-party GMP auditing in year 2008. Our sucralose is KOSHER and HALAL certified and strictly meets the FCC V, USP 30, European and Japanese specifications.