Saccharin

Warning label no longer required

Heat Stable

Bitter after taste

Very sweet

Oldest of the high intensity sweeteners

Not legal in Canada

Sec. 180.37 Saccharin, ammonium saccharin, calcium saccharin, and sodium saccharin.

(d) The additives are used or intended for use as a sweetening agent
only in special dietary foods, as follows:
(1) In beverages, fruit juice drinks, and bases or mixes when
prepared for consumption in accordance with directions, in amounts not
to exceed 12 milligrams of the additive, calculated as saccharin, per
fluid ounce.
(2) As a sugar substitute for cooking or table use, in amounts not
to exceed 20 milligrams of the additive, calculated as saccharin, for
each expressed teaspoonful of sugar sweetening equivalency.
(3) In processed foods, in amounts not to exceed 30 milligrams of
the additive, calculated as saccharin, per serving of designated size.
(e) The additives are used or intended for use only for the
following technological purposes:
(1) To reduce bulk and enhance flavors in chewable vitamin tablets,
chewable mineral tablets, or combinations thereof.
(2) To retain flavor and physical properties of chewing gum.
(3) To enhance flavor of flavor chips used in nonstandardized bakery
products.
(f) To assure safe use of the additives, in addition to the other
information required by the Act:
(1) The label of the additive and any intermediate mixes of the
additive for manufacturing purposes shall bear:
(i) The name of the additive.
(ii) A statement of the concentration of the additive, expressed as
saccharin, in any intermediate mix.
(iii) Adequate directions for use to provide a final food product
that complies with the limitations prescribed in paragraphs (d) and (e)
of this section.
(2) The label of any finished food product containing the additive
shall bear:
(i) The name of the additive.
(ii) The amount of the additive, calculated as saccharin, as
follows:
(a) For beverages, in milligrams per fluid ounce;
(b) For cooking or table use products, in milligrams per dispensing
unit;
(c) For processed foods, in terms of the weight or size of a serving
which shall be that quantity of the food containing 30 milligrams or
less of the additive.
(iii) When the additive is used for calorie reduction, such other
labeling as is required by part 105 or Sec. 100.130 of this chapter.

[42 FR 14636, Mar. 15, 1977, as amended at 49 FR 5610, Feb. 14, 1984]