What do you know about sodium saccharin (cas 128-44-9)?
Sodium saccharin is a commonly used synthetic sweetener in the food industry and has the longest history. Sodium saccharin, cas 128-44-9, is also known as soluble saccharin. Sodium saccharin is the sodium salt of saccharin with two crystalline water. Sodium saccharin is a colorless crystal or slightly white crystalline powder.
- Common name: Sodium saccharin or soluble saccharin
- Categories: Diagnostic drugs, flavoring agents
- Storage: Sealing and preservation
Physical and chemical properties of sodium saccharin (cas 128-44-9)
- Melting point: 226-230 ℃
- Solubility: Soluble in water (1 g/1.5 ml), slightly soluble in ethanol (1 g/50 ml).
- Properties of sodium saccharin (cas 128-44-9): Colorless to white trapezoid crystallized crystal or white crystalline weathering powder. Odorless or slightly scented. The taste is very sweet, even in 10000 times of aqueous solution, it still has strong sweetness, and the sweet taste threshold is about 0.00048%. The sweetness in the dilute solution is about 300-500 times that of sucrose. When sodium saccharin is heated under acidic conditions, the sweetness disappears and the bitter ortho-aminosulfonylbenzoic acid can be formed.
Preparation method of sodium saccharin (cas 128-44-9)
Chlorsulfonation of toluene and chloro sulfonic acid can get oily adjacent toluylsulfonyl chloride and by-product crystalline p-toluylsulfonyl chloride. After separation and oxidation with ammonia, saccharin is obtained. Saccharin sodium is made by alkalization of saccharin through sodium hydroxide.
Sodium saccharin uses
Sodium saccharin (cas 128-44-9) is widely used in the following industries.
- Sodium saccharin can be used for food, such as cold drinks, beverages, jelly, popsicles, pickles, cakes, preserved fruits, protein sugar, etc. It is used in the food industry and sweet food making for diabetics. Sodium saccharin is a commonly used synthetic sweetening agent.
- Feed additives: pig feed, sweetener, etc.
- Daily chemical industry: toothpaste, mouthwash, eyedrops, etc.
- Electroplating industry. Electroplating sodium saccharin is mainly used in electroplating nickel and is used as brightener. Adding a small amount of saccharin sodium can improve the brightness and softness of nickel plating. The general use is 0.1–0.3 grams sodium saccharin per liter of medicinal liquid.
The sodium saccharin consumption in electroplating industry is larger, and the total export accounts for the majority of China’s output.
Sales situation of sodium saccharin (cas 128-44-9)
In recent years, the sodium saccharin is mainly exported to the United States, the Middle East, Europe and Africa. In China, the real sales volume is not large, especially in food applications. The main application is in other non food industries.
Matters needing attention
Sodium saccharin is an organic chemical synthetic product. It is a food additive rather than a food. It has no nutritional value except for the sweet sensation on taste. When eating more saccharin, it will affect the normal secretion of digestive enzymes, reduce the absorption capacity of the small intestine, and reduce appetite.