Sodium cyclamate (sweetener code 952) is an artificial sweetener. It is 3050 times sweeter than sugar (depending on concentration; it is not a linear relationship), making it the least potent of the commercially used artificial sweeteners. Some people find it to have an unpleasant aftertaste, but, in general, less so than saccharin or acesulfame potassium. It is often used with other artificial sweeteners, especially saccharin; the mixture of 10 parts cyclamate to 1 part saccharin is common and masks the off-tastes of both sweeteners.It is less expensive than most sweeteners, including sucralose, and is stable under heating.
Cyclamate is the sodium or calcium salt of cyclamic acid (cyclohexanesulfamic acid), which itself is prepared by the sulfonation of cyclohexylamine. This can be accomplished by reacting cyclohexylamine with either sulfamic acid or sulfur trioxide.
| Items | Standards | ||
| Purity | 98.5~101.0% | ||
| PH Value | 5.5~7.5 | ||
| Loss on drying | <1% | ||
| Sulfate(SO4) | 500 | ||
| Arsenic as | 1 | ||
| Anline | 1 | ||
| Heavy metals | 10 | ||
| Selenium | 30 | ||
| Cyclohexylamine | 10 | ||
| Dicyclohexylamine | 1 | ||
| Transparency | >95% | ||
| Sulphamic acid | <0.1% | ||
| Absorbency | <0.1 | ||
| Total plate count(cfu/g) | <250 | ||
| Mold & yeast(cfu/g) | <100 |