Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A salt of cyclamic acid formerly used as an artificial sweetener, especially.
- noun Sodium cyclamate.
- noun Calcium cyclamate.
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- noun chemistry any
salt orester ofcyclamic acid , especially thesodium andcalcium salts, which have been used asartificial sweeteners
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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In this study, young rats were fed a low-fiber diet along with sodium cyclamate, FD&C Red No. 2 and polyoxyethylene 20 sorbitan monostearate individually and in combination.
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Sodium cyclamate is an artificial sweetener now banned in the U.S., but FD&C Red No. 2, a food dye, and polyoxyethylene 20 sorbitan monostearate, an emulsifier, are still in regular use in the food supply, according to the FDA's website.
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They used calcium cyclamate as a sweetener, but due to a subsequent discovery, the sweetener was changed to saccharine, with the option of buying packets with no sweetener.
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The artificial sweeteners saccharine, aspartame and cyclamate were each invented unintentionally as scientists were working in other areas, from anti-ulcer drugs to coal-tar derivatives.
The Search for Serendipity L. Gordon Crovitz 2010
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The artificial sweeteners saccharine, aspartame and cyclamate were each invented unintentionally as scientists were working in other areas, from anti-ulcer drugs to coal-tar derivatives.
The Search for Serendipity L. Gordon Crovitz 2010
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The artificial sweeteners saccharine, aspartame and cyclamate were each invented unintentionally as scientists were working in other areas, from anti-ulcer drugs to coal-tar derivatives.
The Search for Serendipity L. Gordon Crovitz 2010
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Woolworths has also removed the sweeteners saccharin and cyclamate from its own-brand foods.
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Consumer advocate attorney Jim Turner, who was instrumental in the 1969 banning of cyclamate in the U.S. for its link to various forms of cancer, met with representatives of aspartame approval petitioner Searle in 1974.
Aspartame and Rumsfeld's Disease- A Politically-Induced Biochemical Disaster of Global Proportions 2008
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Recently, even Coke in Mexico agreed not to use cyclamate because of consumer outrage, as cyclamates have been off the market for many years in the USA.
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“And they were quite successful,” says Harvey, adding that the same group that rubbed out miraculin also purported to have orchestrated the criminalization of cyclamate.
The Fruit Hunters Adam Leith Gollner 2008
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