How to Use saccharin in a Sentence

saccharin

noun
  • If participants could taste the saccharin at any point, the fit test was failed.
    — Hannah Thomasy, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 Sep. 2020
  • Those that ate saccharin packed on more fat, gained more weight and consumed extra calories.
    — Brandon Keim, WIRED, 3 Feb. 2012
  • Decades of research showed that the way saccharin caused bladder cancer in male rats was not possible in humans.
    — Kendall Powell, Discover Magazine, 17 July 2018
  • However, further studies proved that saccharin is safe for human use.
    — Anna Giorgi, Verywell Health, 8 Aug. 2024
  • Honey had to compete with sugar and other cheap sweeteners on the shelves, like saccharin, glucose, and corn syrup.
    — Literary Hub, 27 May 2026
  • Once linked to bladder cancer in rats, Congress mandated further study of saccharin.
    — Christina Jewett, New York Times, 13 July 2023
  • The tablets are free of gluten, saccharin, alcohol, and artificial flavors.
    — Sarah Bradley, Verywell Health, 28 July 2022
  • The bad rap started with studies in the 1970s linking saccharin to bladder cancer.
    — Tamar Haspel, Washington Post, 24 June 2019
  • Some other diet drinks on the market use different low- or no-cal sweeteners, such as sucralose, saccharin, or stevia.
    — Barbara Brody, Fortune Well, 28 Oct. 2023
  • He was involved in debates about a ban on saccharin, the approval process for drugs and medical devices, and the use of antibiotics in animal feeds.
    — Nina Agrawal, Los Angeles Times, 22 Apr. 2020
  • Sucralose, acesulfame potassium and saccharin have all been shown to increase cancer risk in animal studies as well.
    — Molly Kimball, NOLA.com, 8 May 2018
  • Food companies have rolled out a parade of faux sugar options since the accidental discovery of saccharin in a lab well over a century ago.
    — Susan Puckett, CNN, 14 Mar. 2023
  • Sweeteners such as saccharin have been shown to change the type and function of the gut microbiome, the community of microorganisms that live in the intestine.
    — Eunice Zhang, Washington Post, 3 June 2018
  • While the study didn't identify which artificial sweeteners were at play, likely types include aspartame, saccharin and sucralose.
    — New Atlas, 29 July 2025
  • Since saccharin is up to 700 times sweeter than sugar, a tiny amount of saccharin provides the same level of sweetness as a larger amount of sugar, but without the calories.
    — Anna Giorgi, Verywell Health, 8 Aug. 2024
  • The adults who consumed saccharin or sucralose experienced impaired glucose tolerance after the two-week period.
    — Hannah Harper, Health, 3 Mar. 2026
  • The safety of sugar replacements, including the decades-old science dispute over the use of saccharin in the diet drink Tab, has been heavily scrutinized.
    — Christina Jewett, New York Times, 13 July 2023
  • Several concerns by researchers have been raised about high-intensity sweeteners—saccharin and aspartame—and cancer.
    — Jamie Pitlick, Quartzy, 3 July 2019
  • Two sweeteners, saccharin and sucralose, worsened the participants’ blood sugar control.
    — Laura Reiley, Washington Post, 7 Mar. 2023
  • And even the most organic of eaters can sometimes reach for conventional breath mints in the name of fast freshness—ending up with a mouthful of artificial sweeteners, such as aspartame and saccharin.
    — Caroline Picard, Good Housekeeping, 7 Dec. 2018
  • While Tab contained two artificial sweeteners – saccharin and cyclamate – cyclamate was the more important of the two.
    — Jeffrey Miller, The Conversation, 23 Nov. 2020
  • For many companies, tariffs mean higher prices on key commodities, like Peruvian avocados or saccharin to make toothpaste, which will eat into their earnings.
    — Amelia Lucas, CNBC, 24 Apr. 2025
  • One animal study showed that artificial sweeteners saccharin, sucralose and aspartame appeared to spike blood sugar more than regular sugar.
    — Molly Kimball, NOLA.com, 8 May 2018
  • Diet soda is linked to weight gain Artificial sweeteners like aspartame, sucralose, and saccharin are much sweeter than sugar and may alter sweet-taste receptors in your body.
    — Perri Ormont Blumberg, TIME, 9 Apr. 2024
  • Also called nonnutritive sweeteners, these can be synthetic, such as saccharin and aspartame, or naturally derived, such as stevia.
    — Eunice Zhang, Washington Post, 3 June 2018
  • Two sweeteners in particular, sucralose and saccharin (found in Sweet ‘N Low), altered some people's ability to process glucose.
    — Aria Bendix, NBC News, 8 Sep. 2022
  • Two sweeteners in particular, saccharin and stevia, worsened the participants' blood sugar control.
    — Laura Reiley, BostonGlobe.com, 7 Mar. 2023
  • But artificial sweeteners such as saccharin offer the anticipation and experience of sweet taste without the energy boost.
    — Ellen Ruppel Shell, Scientific American, 25 Sep. 2019
  • On the other hand, many powders contain artificial sweeteners and sugar alcohols such as aspartame, saccharin, sorbitol, and mannitol.
    — Kathleen Ferraro, Verywell Health, 5 Feb. 2026
  • Queeny’s coal-tar drug company, Monsanto, was also flush from lucrative contracts with Coca-Cola, who bought their caffeine, vanillin, and saccharin.
    — Rebecca Altman, The Atlantic, 4 Oct. 2017

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