saccharin

/'sækərin/ Cách viết khác : (saccharine) /'sækərin/

Thân thiện

A scientist carefully measures saccharin crystals in a laboratory.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • A calorie-free artificial sweetener: Saccharin is a synthetic, white crystalline powder used as a sugar substitute. It is intensely sweet, approximately 300 to 500 times sweeter than sucrose (table sugar), and provides no food energy.

Usage

• Saccharin is used as a non-nutritive sweetener in foods and beverages, especially those marketed as "sugar-free" or "diet."
• It is stable under heat, making it suitable for use in cooking and baking.
• Common in products like diet soft drinks, tabletop sweeteners, candies, and medicines.

Examples

• Noun:
  • Some people prefer to use saccharin in their coffee instead of sugar.
  • This diet soda is sweetened with saccharin.
  • The discovery of saccharin was an accident in a chemistry laboratory.

Advanced Usage

• "Saccharin-sweetened": Describes a product that uses saccharin as its sweetening agent.
  • He avoids saccharin-sweetened drinks due to the aftertaste.

Variants and Related Words

• Saccharinate (verb, rare): To sweeten with or convert into saccharin.
• Saccharine (adjective): CRITICAL NOTE: While historically a variant spelling for the sweetener, in modern usage "saccharine" is almost exclusively an adjective meaning (e.g., a saccharine smile, a saccharine love song). It is not a direct substitute for the noun "saccharin" when referring to the sweetener.

Synonyms

• Artificial sweetener: A broader category that includes saccharin, aspartame, sucralose, etc.
• Non-nutritive sweetener: A technical term for sweeteners that provide minimal or no calories.

Related Phrases/Idioms

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Noun

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