Sodium cyclamate

The cyclamate is used as artificial non-caloric sweetener in a wide variety of foods and beverages, being 30 times as sweet as sugar without the bitter after-taste of saccharin. It appears in the composition of the products as sodium and calcium cyclamates and cyclamic acid.

IUPAC Systematic Name for sodium cyclamate: Cyclohexanesulfamic acid, monosodium salt. Chemical names for sodium cyclamate: Sodium cyclohexylsulfamate, sodium cyclohexanesulfamate.

Sodium cyclamate can be described as white, odorless, crystalline powder with a sweet taste. While solubility: Freely soluble in water; practically insoluble in benzene, chloroform, ethanol and diethyl ether.

Sucaryl is brand name of a nonnutritive sweetener produced as a salt of sodium or calcium (the latter for the benefit of those who must exclude sodium from their diets.

 Cyclamate is permitted in a range of food products, e.g. in water-based flavoured drinks, and in milk- and milk derivative-based or fruit juice-based drinks. The permitted levels of use vary from 250 to 1500 mg/kg depending on food category.
Sodium cyclamate