The European Commission Tuesday cleared U.K. firm Associated British Foods PLC (ABF.LN) to buy Spanish food company Ebro Puleva's (EVA.MC) sugar business, Azucarera Ebro.

The deal is worth EUR285 million.

-By Carolyn Henson, Dow Jones Newswires; +32 2 741 1481; carolyn.henson@dowjones.com