It sweetens the flavor of foods but has virtually no calories.
Saccharin has been used safely since 1878.
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Saccharin is a sweet-tasting synthetic compound which is used as a substitute for sugar in food and drink. It is a polar molecule.
In its acid form, saccharin is not particularly water-soluble.The form used as an artificial sweetener is usually itssodiumsalt.The free acid of saccharin has a lowpKaof about 2 (the acidic hydrogen being that attached to the nitrogen). The pH of a 0.35% aqueous solution is 2.0
Saccharin is sweeter by 500 times
Saccharin is an artificial sweetener. It is free of carbohydrates and is calorie free.
You have to put sweetener in commercially-made toothpaste if you want people to buy it - unsweetened toothpaste is a rather unpleasant thing to deal with at 6 am. Sodium saccharin is used because it won't cause tooth decay.
Sweet'N Low is the most common brand of saccharin. Saccharin is the common name otherwise. Its chemical name is benzoic sulfilimine.
I don't use saccharin any more.
Yes, in fact I did and I have an intolerance to saccharin. I had no reaction.
No, Sweetex is made from sodium saccharin, the solid form of the non-nutritive sweetener saccharin.
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