- Profit 'broadly in line' with comparatives- US weather hit Bulk Ingredients in Q4- Speciality Food hit by tougher sucralose market- GBP/USD rate to hit profits by one per centAlready reeling from the profit warning in February resulting from a tougher sucralose market, Tate & Lyle has revelaed its ingedients business will also see lower profits in the fourth quarter.Operating profits in Bulk Ingredients were already expected to be lower year-on-year due to a soft beverage season in the US reducing demand for liquid corn sweetners, but the heavy snow in the fourth quarter held back performance in the final months of the financial year to March 31st.In a year-end trading statement, the FTSE 250 company reiterated that profits before tax would be "broadly in line" with the comparative period. It continued to expect both volume and sales growth at its Speciality Food Ingredients unit to be in line with the wider speciality food ingredients market, with strong volume growth in emerging markets and Europe partially offset by the US. "As expected, operating profit growth in this division has been held back by the more competitive market for Splenda sucralose," it said, with sucralose representing less than 20% of profits.The sugar producer also confirmed its net debt would be higher than the £253m recorded at the end of December as payment for new crop corn held in its silos had resulted in a net cash outflow in the final quarter.Profits for the full year will be hit to the tune of 1% by the exchange rates between sterling and the dollar.OH