What’s the Current Status of Sodium Saccharin?

Speaking of sodium saccharin, many friends born in the 1980s should be familiar with it. In the past, saccharin was often soaked in water to drink, but now saccharin is also used as a food additive, and the scope of use is relatively wide. Today we will explain to you, what is the current status of saccharin use?

1. The disadvantage of saccharin is that it has a poor flavor and is too bitter. It is widely used in the manufacture of food and medicine for diabetics. If people with diabetes want to eat sweets, but can't eat sugar, they might as well eat some sodium saccharin.

2. Saccharin can also avoid obesity caused by sugar. At present, few people in the average family consume saccharin. It is mostly used in the food processing industry to reduce costs.

3. Saccharin is widely used in food and artificially synthesized sweeteners. Such as cold drinks, beverages, jelly, popsicles, pickles, candied fruit, cakes, frozen fruit, protein sugar, etc. Also used in feed additives, such as pig feed, sweeteners, etc.

4. Saccharin can also be used in the daily chemical industry, such as toothpaste, mouthwash, eye drops, etc. The electroplating industry, such as electroplating grade sodium saccharin, is mainly used in electroplating nickel as a brightener.

5. However, some manufacturers now use saccharin instead of sucrose in beverages, preserved fruits and even jelly for children in order to reduce costs and make huge profits. Although eating a small amount of saccharin is harmless to the human body, people are reluctant to eat added saccharin. Manufactured food because saccharin has no nutritional value.