: an artificially prepared salt of sodium or calcium used especially formerly as a sweetener
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the WebThe principal sweeteners used in Coca-Cola products are aspartame, acesulfame potassium, sucralose, saccharin, cyclamate and steviol glycosides. Stephanie Toone, ajc, 27 Feb. 2020 The primary artificial sweeteners Coca-Cola (KO) uses in its products include aspartame, acesulfame potassium, sucralose, saccharin, cyclamate and steviol gylcosides. Alicia Wallace, CNN, 25 Feb. 2020 However, cyclamates are approved for use in more than 100 other countries, including food trade partners such as Mexico and Canada. Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 28 Oct. 2019 An obituary on April 26 about Dr. Samuel S. Epstein, an authority on carcinogens, referred incorrectly to cyclamates and nitrites.New York Times, 4 May 2018 Nonetheless, the F.D.A. eventually banned cyclamates as a health risk. Jerome Groopman, The New Yorker, 24 Mar. 2017
Word History
Etymology
cyclohexyl-sulfamate
First Known Use
1954, in the meaning defined above
Medical Definition
cyclamate
noun
cy·cla·mate ˈsī-klə-ˌmāt, -mət
: an artificially prepared salt of sodium or calcium used especially formerly as a sweetener but now largely discontinued because of the possibly harmful effects of its metabolic breakdown product cyclohexylamine