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An artificially prepared sodium or calcium salt of an acid C6H11NHSO3H used especially formerly as a sweetener but largely discontinued because of the possibly harmful effects

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  • Based on studies in the late 1960s that suggested the product might cause bladder cancer in rats, cyclamate was banned in the US in 1970 never to return.
  • But in the late 1960s, studies began linking cyclamate to cancer.
  • Woolworths has also removed the sweeteners saccharin and cyclamate from its own-brand foods.
  • And the company that once made cyclamate in this country says it has no plans to make it again.
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