ETYM French, from Latin saccharon sugar.
A crystalline substance 500 times sweeter than sugar; used as a calorie-free sweetener.
/> Or ortho-sulfo benzimide; C7H5NO3S sweet, white, crystalline solid derived from coal tar and substituted for sugar. Since 1977 it has been regarded as potentially carcinogenic. Its use is not universally permitted and it has been largely replaced by other sweetening agents. + prikaži više

ETYM Written also saccharin.
A synthetic substitute for natural sugar.
Very sweet; cloying; pertaining to sugar.