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cyclamate (sī'kləmāt', –mət), any member of a group of salts of cyclamic acid (cyclohexanesulfamic acid). The sodium and calcium salts were commonly used as artificial sweeteners sweetener, artificial, substance used as a low-calorie sugar substitute. Saccharin , cyclamates , and aspartame have been the most commonly used artificial sweeteners. Saccharin, a coal-tar derivative three hundred times as sweet as sugar, was discovered in 1879. ..... Click the link for more information. until 1969, when their use was banned by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration after reports that ingestion of large quantities of cyclamates appeared to cause cancer in some animals. There is no evidence that cyclamates are associated with cancer in humans. |
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The sweetening power of APM is estimated to be 200 times that of sucrose, whereas saccharin and cyclamate are 300 and 30 times sweeter, respectively (Mazur 1984). I miss the days when meat was on the hook for its high cholesterol and cyclamates was a legal substance and Red Dye No. Some food dyes, cyclamates and other artificial sweeteners all eventually had to be pulled from the market, but it took decades from the time the FDA approval was awarded. |
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