Arti?cial sweetening agents which are about 30 times as sweet as cane sugar. After being in use since 1965, they were banned by government decree in 1969 because of adverse reports received from the USA.
n. either of two compounds, sodium or calcium cyclamate, that are thirty times as sweet as sugar and, unlike saccharin, stable to heat. Cyclamates were used as sweetening agents in the food industry until 1969, when their use was banned because they were suspected of causing cancer.... cyclamate
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