Sweeteners & Sugar Alternatives

Sweetener portions for everyday hot drink service

Sweetener sticks, sachets and dispenser tabs make it easy to offer a sugar alternative wherever tea, coffee and hot chocolate are served. Each portion is individually wrapped, so it is neat to present, straightforward to replenish and avoids the need for loose sweetener jars or shared spoons. They sit well with sugar sticks, sugar cubes, granulated sugar, tea bags, coffee sachets, milk portions and wooden stirrers.

For workplace kitchens, breakout areas and meeting rooms, keeping a choice of sweetener beside the kettle or coffee machine means staff and visitors can make their drink as they prefer. In hospitality and food service, portion formats also help maintain a consistent presentation on tables, breakfast stations, buffets and guest trays.

Choose the format that fits your serving area

Sweetener sticks

Slim sticks are a good choice for hotels, B&Bs, guest accommodation and meeting-room drinks trays. Their narrow shape fits naturally into tabletop holders, hospitality trays, condiment displays and self-serve hot drink stations. They are also easy to add to office drink points and café service areas.

Sweetener sachets

Individually wrapped sachets are easy to arrange next to tea, coffee, sugar and milk portions. They work particularly well in canteens, workplace kitchens, conference rooms, cafés and catering areas where people help themselves. Sachets can also be put out at counters, tables, event refreshment areas and buffets.

Dispenser tab formats

Dispenser tabs hold individually wrapped sachets together, helping you keep portions tidy and accessible during daily service. They are a sensible option for counters, reception areas, staff kitchens and smaller self-serve drink points where a full catering box may not need to be opened at once.

Recognised sweetener brands

Tate & Lyle sucralose sweeteners are available in stick and sachet formats, giving offices, cafés, hotels and catering teams a familiar choice for tea and coffee service.

Canderel adds further portioned options to the range, including Red granular sticks, Yellow granular sticks and sucralose dispenser sachets. These formats are suited to hot drink service in workplace kitchens, conference rooms, cafés, hotels and catering areas.

The collection also includes sweetener options from Portion Solutions.

Pack sizes and replenishment planning

Pack sizes vary by product. Larger catering packs include boxes of 1,000 sweetener sticks or sachets, which can be a good fit for busy offices, canteens, café counters, conferences and catering teams with regular demand. For smaller drink stations and counters, dispenser tabs are available in formats of 300 individually wrapped sachets.

When ordering, consider where portions will be displayed and how often the area is topped up. A larger box is convenient for back-of-house storage and frequent replenishment, while dispenser tabs can be easier to place directly at a customer-facing or staff self-serve point.

Where sweetener portions are commonly used

• Offices and staff kitchens: alongside kettles, coffee machines, tea bags and milk portions in breakout areas, workplace drink stations and meeting rooms.
• Boardrooms and reception areas: in drinks trays, tabletop holders, customer lounges and visitor coffee points.
• Hotels, B&Bs and guest accommodation: on hospitality trays, at breakfast service and in guest or meeting-room refreshment areas.
• Cafés and coffee shops: at counters, tables, takeaway drink areas and self-serve hot drink stations.
• Catering and events: for buffets, training days, corporate catering, conferences and event drink stations.
• Canteens and shared spaces: at self-serve tea and coffee areas where people need a low-calorie sweetening option alongside standard sugar.

Complete your hot drinks supplies

Sweeteners are often replenished with sugar sticks, sugar cubes, granulated sugar, coffee sachets, catering tea bags, milk portions, wooden stirrers, biscuits, hot chocolate and disposable cups. Ordering these essentials together helps keep workplace kitchens, café service points, meeting rooms and hospitality trays ready for daily use.