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About 2000 years ago, a sweet substance was produced when grape juice was boiled in lead pans. This was discovered by the Greeks. In theory, the result of so much lead in the diet killed off the Roman Empire.
The salts in Beryllium metal are also quite sweet. However, these salts are also poisonous, but beryllium was never a popular sweetener.
| Introducing the Sugar Substitutes... (1879-present) | |
| 1879 |
Saccharin was discovered by
Ira Remsen and Constantin Fahlberg at the John Hopkins Unviversity |
| 1930-1940 |
Cyclamate was discovered by
Michael Sveda at the University of Illinios |
| 1965 |
Aspartame was discovered by
James Schlatter while researching anti-ulcer drugs for the pharmaceutical company, G.D.
Searle |
| 1967 |
Acesulfame (commercially known
as Sunnett) was discovered by German chemist Karl Clauss |
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Symptoms believed to be related to use of Artificial Sweeteners
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Products that May Contain Artificial Sweeteners
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