Constantine Fahlberg in 1879.
Saccharin was the first artificial sweetener, discovered in 1879 by Constantin Fahlberg at Johns Hopkins University. The Monsanto Chemical Works was incorporated in 1901 to produce saccharin in the United States. Saccharin is easy to make, stable when heated, and is approximately 300 times sweeter than sucrose when equal quantities are compared. One common saccharin product is Sweet and Low.
Saccharin has been used safely since 1878.
These were all discovered or created by chance. Post-it notes were the result of an adhesive that wasn't strong enough, penicillin was discovered from mold, brandy was discovered by distilling wine, Silly Putty was created during a failed experiment to create synthetic rubber, Teflon was discovered accidentally during an attempt to develop a new refrigerant, saccharin was discovered while working on coal tar derivatives, and fireworks were discovered in ancient China in their search for an elixir of immortality.
Saccharin is an artificial sweetener. It is free of carbohydrates and is calorie free.
No, saccharin is not made from tar. Saccharin is a sweetening agent that is derived from benzoic sulfimide, not tar.
Sugar cane is naturally sweeter than saccharin. Saccharin is an artificial sweetener that is much sweeter than sugar but may have a slightly bitter aftertaste.
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.
The pH of saccharin is around 2.2 to 2.7, making it acidic in nature.
No, Sweetex is made from sodium saccharin, the solid form of the non-nutritive sweetener saccharin.
Saccharin cannot be converted into sugar. Saccharin is a class of molecule called sulfonamides, and table sugar is a disaccharide. Saccharin contains sulfur and nitrogen, which are not found in sugars, which contain only carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen.