saccharin
/'sækərin/ Cách viết khác : (saccharine) /'sækərin/
Definition
- 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
Noun
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a crystalline substance 500 times sweeter than sugar; used as a calorie-free sweetener
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