사카린은 설탕보다 300배 단맛을 내지만 열량이 없어 1960~1970년대 식품첨가물이나 감미료로 널리 쓰였다.
Saccharin is 300 times sweeter than sugar, but has no calories, so it was widely used as a food additive or sweetener in the 1960s and 1970s.