“Plain Jane” is such a rare description of today’s food industry, especially in the U.S. that is dominated by processed foods. This all changed and started when artificial sweeteners were discovered in 1879 by Ira Remsen. This researcher from John Hopkins University accidentally spilled a derivative of coal tar on his hand. To his surprise, this chemical was quite tasty. This famous spill led to what we know today as saccharin found in Sweet-n-Low. Saccharin is just one of the many types of artificial sweeteners. The list includes aspartame (Equal, NutraSweet, and Advantame), Sucralose (Splenda), and acesulfame potassium (Sunett, Sweet …read more
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