[săḱər-ĭn]
(n.)A white crystalline powder, CHNOS, having a taste about 500 times sweeter than cane sugar, used as a calorie-free sweetener.
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The oldest low-calorie sweetener, saccharin, is enjoyed by millions, has a century of safe use and is supported by leading health organizations. ... Saccharin also has been the subject of controversy almost since it was discovered, but now it is one of the most thoroughly tested food ingredients.
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Saccharin is an artificial sweetener. The basic substance, benzoic sulfinide, has effectively no food energy and is much sweeter than sucrose, but has an unpleasant bitter or metallic aftertaste, esp...
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Get the facts on artificial sweetener types like Splenda (sucralose), Sweet'N Low (saccharin), Equal and Nutrasweet (aspartame), acesulfame K and neotame. ... Saccharin has been around for over 100 years and claims to be the best researched sweetener. Saccharin is also known as Sweet and Low, Sweet Twin, Sweet'N Low,
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Saccharin - the oldest Sweetener; Sweet'N Low, Sugar Twi ... Saccharin was discovered in 1879 by Constantine Fahlberg, while working in the laboratory of Ira Remsen, quite by accident as were most other sweeteners. While working in the lab, he spilled a chemical on his hand.
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"Anybody who says saccharin is injurious to health is an idiot," said President Theodore Roosevelt at the turn of the century, when critics proposed banning it."
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When female rats were fed a diet containing 5% saccharin, the concentration of saccharin in the plasma and organs was greater than for the male rats fed the 5% diet, particularly the concentration in the kidney and urinary bladder.
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Casting doubt on the benefit of low-calorie sweeteners, research released Sunday reported that rats on diets containing saccharin gained more weight than rats given sugary food. ... The rats in the saccharin group experienced a smaller average temperature increase, scientists said -- a sign that regular consumption of...
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