saccharin

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Saccharin grew popular during World War I sugar shortages and later became a favorite of dieters.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026

Saccharin had the most acute effect on their laboratory animals—it provoked the most severe intolerance to glucose—so that’s the drug they chose to test with fecal transplants, and in human subjects.

From Slate • Sep. 19, 2014

At least six artificial sweeteners have been approved by the FDA: Saccharin, sucralose, aspartame, acesulfame potassium, neotame and advantame.

From Washington Post

Saccharin, which is found in Sweet'n Low, was labeled a possible carcinogen in the early '70s and had to carry a warning until 2000.

From Time Magazine Archive

Saccharin now occurs as a very pale yellow, nearly white, amorphous powder, free from grittiness, but giving a distinct sensation of roughness when rubbed between the fingers.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 620, November 19,1887 by Various