Sodium Saccharin

Saccharin is an artificial sweetener with effectively no food energy that is about 300–400 times as sweet as sucrose or table sugar, but has a bitter or metallic aftertaste, especially at high concentrations. It is used to sweeten products such as drinks, candies, cookies, medicines, and toothpaste.

Parameter Value

Chemical formula

C7H5NO3S

Molar mass

183.18 g·mol−1

Appearance

White crystalline solid

Density

0.828 g/cm3

Melting point

228.8 to 229.7 °C (443.8 to 445.5 °F; 501.9 to 502.8 K)

Solubility in water

1 g per 290 mL

Acidity (pKa)

1.6[2]

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