Product: Sodium Saccharin
Rchem Sodium Saccharin is a high-purity, synthetic non-nutritive sweetener, presented as a white, crystalline powder or as a free-flowing powder. It is the sodium salt of saccharin, renowned for its intense sweetness, approximately 300-500 times sweeter than sucrose (table sugar). As one of the oldest and most cost-effective artificial sweeteners, it provides a calorie-free sweetening solution for a wide range of food, beverage, and pharmaceutical products, particularly valued for its exceptional stability.
Category: powder
Description
Key Features & Benefits:
● Excellent natural thickening agent with high viscosity at low concentrations
● Effective stabilizer for emulsions and suspensions in various formulations
● Clean-label ingredient suitable for organic and natural product formulations
● Improves texture and shelf life in food products
● Enhances viscosity and stability in cosmetic formulations
● Cost-effective alternative to synthetic thickeners and stabilizers
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Frequently Asked Questions:
Does Sodium Saccharin have a bitter aftertaste?
Yes, at moderate to high concentrations, many people perceive a bitter or metallic aftertaste. This is one of its main drawbacks. To mitigate this, it is frequently used in combination with other sweeteners like Aspartame or Cyclamate, which helps to mask the off-taste and create a more sugar-like flavor profile.
Yes, major global health authorities, including the Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives (JECFA) and the U.S. FDA, have concluded that Sodium Saccharin is safe for human consumption. Historical concerns from the 1970s, based on rodent studies linking extremely high doses to bladder cancer, have been largely dismissed for humans due to a different mechanism, and it was delisted from the U.S. National Toxicology Program's carcinogen list in 2000.
Is Sodium Saccharin safe for consumption?
Sodium Saccharin is added to toothpaste and mouthwash as a sweetening agent to make the flavor more palatable, especially in children's toothpaste. It is non-cariogenic (does not cause cavities) and is not metabolized by bacteria in the mouth.
Why is it used in toothpaste?
Sodium Saccharin has superior stability compared to many other high-intensity sweeteners. It is stable across a wide pH range (2-7) and at high temperatures, unlike Aspartame, which breaks down when heated. This makes it ideal for products requiring heat processing, such as baked goods, or for products with a long shelf life, like soft drinks.
How does its stability compare to other sweeteners?
Saccharin is the original acid form, which has low solubility in water. Sodium Saccharin is the sodium salt of saccharin, which is highly water-soluble and is the form most commonly used in food and beverage applications due to its ease of incorporation into aqueous solutions.
