saccharin
Sign in to saveSaccharin, also called saccharine, benzosulfimide, or E954, or used in saccharin sodium or saccharin calcium forms, is a non-nutritive artificial sweetener. Saccharin is a sultam that is about 500 times sweeter than sucrose, but has a bitter or metallic aftertaste, especially at high concentrations. It is used to sweeten products, such as drinks, candies, baked goods, tobacco products, excipients, and for masking the bitter taste of some medicines. It appears as white crystals and is odorless.
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Saccharin is an artificial sweetener that is about 500 times sweeter than sugar but has a bitter or metallic aftertaste, and it's used in many products from soft drinks to medicines to add sweetness without adding calories. It matters because it's one of the most widely used non-nutritive sweeteners in food and beverages, making it relevant to how many people consume sweetened products.
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Research
6,176 papers- Toxicology of saccharin.Fundamental and applied toxicology : official journal of the Society of Toxicology · 1984
- Saccharin--bitter aftertaste?The New England journal of medicine · 1980
- The saccharin controversy.Diabetes care · 1978
- Carcinogenicity of saccharin.Environmental health perspectives · 1978
- Saccharin-After the War.JAMA · 2019
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13 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- Properties
- Safety and health effects
- History
- Government regulation
- Warning label addition and removal
- Chemistry
- Preparation
- Properties and reactions
- Drugs
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Saccharin, also called saccharine, benzosulfimide, or E954, or used in saccharin sodium or saccharin calcium forms, is a non-nutritive artificial sweetener. Saccharin is a sultam that is about 500 times sweeter than sucrose, but has a bitter or metallic aftertaste, especially at high concentrations. It is used to sweeten products, such as drinks, candies, baked goods, tobacco products, excipients, and for masking the bitter taste of some medicines. It appears as white crystals and is odorless.
==Etymology== Saccharin derives its name from the word "saccharine", meaning "sugary". The word saccharine is used figuratively, often in a derogative sense, to describe something "unpleasantly over-polite" or "overly sweet". Both words are derived from the Greek word (sakkharon) meaning "gravel". Similarly, saccharose is an obsolete name for sucrose (table sugar).