Specifications

Saccharin is an artificial sweetener and is much sweeter than sucrose.

Saccharin is an artificial sweetener. The basic substance, benzoic sulfinide, has effectively no food energy and is much sweeter than sucrose, but has an unpleasant bitter or metallic aftertaste, especially at high concentrations. In countries where saccharin is allowed as a food additive, it is used to sweeten products such as drinks, candies, medicines, and toothpaste.

 

Specifications:

 

ITEM	SPECIFICATION
Identification	Complies of BP98
Characters	A white Crystalline powder of colorless crystals
Appearance of solution	The solution is clear and colorless
Melting point of isolated saccharin	226 – 230 degree C
Acidity or alkalinity	4.5 – 5.5 ml
0- and p-Toluunesulphonamide	<10 ppm of each
Heavy metals	<20 ppm
Water	Not more than 15.0% w/w
Assay	99 – 101%
Mesh size	8-16 mesh