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Sweeteners 924
NAME: Cyclamate
CATEGORY: Sweetener/ Flavour enhancer
FOOD USE: Beverages (dry beverage mixes)/ Sugars, sugar preserves and confectionery (table-top sweeteners, jams
and jellies, low-calorie frozen desserts)/ Fruit, vegetables and nut products/ Jams and jellies/ Soft
drinks/ Vinegar, pickles and sauces (salad dressings)/ Other (chewing gum)
SYNONYMS: Cyclamate: CFSAN Cyclamate/ CAS 977016-96-8
Cyclamic acid: CFSAN Cyclamic acid/ CAS 100-88-9/ Cyclohexanesulfamic acid/
Cyclohexylsulfamic acid/ N-cyclohexyl-sulphamic acid/ Hexamic acid
Sodium cyclamate: Sodium cyclohexylsulfamate/ Cyclamate sodium/ Assugrin/ Sucryl sodium/
Sucrosa.
Cyclamate is the generic name for cyclohexylsulphamate
FORMULA: Sodium cyclamate: C6 H12 NNa O3 S; cyclamic acid: C6 H13 NO3 S
MOLECULAR MASS: Cyclamic acid 179.24; sodium cyclamate 201.2
ALTERNATIVE FORMS: Cyclamic acid/ Calcium cyclamate/ Sodium cyclamate
PROPERTIES AND APPEARANCE: White crystalline powder. Good tasting and low in cost. In soft drinks, sweetness relative to sucrose is
30 to 40; sodium cyclamate – ‘chemical’ sweetness with no aftertaste; sweet taste has slow onset time;
detectable sweet/sour aftertaste most noticeable at high concentrations; clean sweet taste of high
intensity, close resemblance to sugar in sweetness; no bitter aftertaste; 30 to 60 times sweeter than
sucrose; distinct off-taste noticeable at high concentrations.
Characteristics of sweeteners (cyclamate alone):
Sweetness intensity (at 10% sucrose): 33
Sweetness quality: slight chemical sweetness
Time profile: slower and persistent
Associated taste: off-taste at high concentrations
Mouthfeel body: good
Enhancement of fruitiness: good