American Sugar Refining, Inc., headquartered in Yonkers, New York, is the world’s largest cane sugar refining company, with a production capacity of more than seven million tons of sugar. The company produces a full line of consumer, industrial, food service and specialty sweetener products.
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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.
The refineries are located[1] in
American Sugar Refining, Inc. acquired Domino Sugar in 2001, the California and Hawaiian Sugar Company (C&H Sugar) in 2005, Redpath Sugar in 2007 and Tate & Lyle's European sugar operations in 2010.
In the European Union, the company owns and operates sugar refineries in England and Portugal, formerly owned by Tate & Lyle. The company’s products are sold through a brand portfolio that includes the premiere sugar brands Domino®, C&H®, Florida Crystals®, Redpath® and Tate & Lyle®.
American Sugar Refining is owned by Florida Crystals Corporation (based in West Palm Beach) and the Sugar Cane Growers Cooperative of Florida (Belle Glade, Florida).
The main competitor in the USA for refined cane sugar is Imperial Sugar.
American Sugar Refining now own a perpetual worldwide licence to produce and sell Golden Syrup, a brand of partially inverted refiners syrup. According to a news report, the Guinness Book of Records has concluded that the design of the tin, which has remained almost unchanged since 1885, forms Britain's oldest brand.[3]