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Definitions for saccharin
ˈsæk ər ɪnsac·cha·rin

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. saccharinnoun

    a crystalline substance 500 times sweeter than sugar; used as a calorie-free sweetener

Wiktionary

  1. saccharinnoun

    a white, crystalline powder, CHNOS, used as an artificial sweetener in food products

Wikipedia

  1. Saccharin

    Saccharin (aka saccharine), often used in the form of sodium saccharin, is an artificial sweetener with effectively no nutritional value. It is about 550 times as sweet as sucrose but has a bitter or metallic aftertaste, especially at high concentrations. Saccharin is used to sweeten products such as drinks, candies, cookies, and especially for masking bitter taste of some medicines.

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  1. saccharin

    Saccharin is a type of artificial sweetener that is significantly sweeter than sugar. It is often used as a sugar substitute in diet foods, beverages, and medicines. Discovered in 1879, it is one of the oldest artificial sweeteners, albeit one that was and is still controversial due to health concerns in some studies. However, it is generally deemed safe for human consumption in moderation by various regulatory authorities worldwide. It is non-caloric and does not impact blood sugar levels.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Saccharinnoun

    a bitter white crystalline substance obtained from the saccharinates and regarded as the lactone of saccharinic acid; -- so called because formerly supposed to be isomeric with cane sugar (saccharose)

  2. Etymology: [F., from L. saccharon sugar.]

Wikidata

  1. Saccharin

    Saccharin is an artificial sweetener. The basic substance, benzoic sulfilimine, has effectively no food energy and is much sweeter than sucrose, but has a bitter or metallic aftertaste, especially at high concentrations. It is used to sweeten products such as drinks, candies, cookies, medicines, and toothpaste.

U.S. National Library of Medicine

  1. Saccharin

    Flavoring agent and non-nutritive sweetener.

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    Saccharin vs. Saccharine -- In this Grammar.com article you will learn the differences between the words Saccharin and Saccharine.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of saccharin in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of saccharin in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of saccharin in a Sentence

  1. Otto Yang:

    If youre wearing the mask properly, you dont taste any saccharin.

  2. Robert McKenna:

    It never ceases to amaze me how a simple molecule such as saccharin— something many people put in their coffee every day— may have untapped uses, including as a possible lead compound to target aggressive cancers.

  3. Erin Hanlon:

    We know that you can infuse endocannabinoids into specific regions of animals' brains and make them eat, they will eat specific things, more palatable things. They will choose sucrose over saccharin, despite the fact that in theory both taste the same, but the sucrose has more carbs.

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