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Saccharin is used in many diet sodas to sweeten them without the added calories of sugar. Photo Credit Jupiterimages/Comstock/Getty Images. Saccharin sodium is a type of artificial sweetener that is sweeter than sucrose but has a bitter aftertaste.Saccharin sodium is often used to sweeten soft drinks, candy, biscuits, medicine and toothpaste.accharin sodium is a type of artificial sweetener that is sweeter than sucrose but has a bitter aftertaste.
Saccharin, also called Ortho-sulfobenzoic Acid Imide, organic compound employed as a non-nutritive sweetening agent. It occurs as insoluble saccharin or in the form of various salts, primarily sodium and calcium. Saccharin has about 200â700 times the sweetening power of granulated sugar and has a slightly bitter and metallic aftertaste. For table use, it is sold as 1/4-, 1/2-, or 1-grain pellets of the salts, a 1/4-grain pellet being the equivalent of a level teaspoon of sugar.