Sodium saccharin is a white, odorless, and intensely sweet crystalline powder. It is primarily an artificial sweetener and approximately 300 times as sweet as sucrose (regular sugar). Sodium saccharin is most commonly used as a food additive to sweeten products such as candies, vitamins, salad dressings, gum, table sweeteners, jam, canned fruit, drinks, medicines, toothpaste and much more. It is also used in the pharmaceutical, cosmetic, and electroplating industries as a nickel plating brightener.
