Artificial sweeteners and sugar alcohols

Is saccharin clean?

No. Our rubric flags saccharin under artificial sweeteners and sugar alcohols (evidence: mixed). Caused bladder tumors in rats by a mechanism later judged not to apply to people; still a synthetic sweetener.

Artificial sweeteners and sugar alcohols Mixed

Penalty 15 of 100 · Balanced and Strict profiles

Caused bladder tumors in rats by a mechanism later judged not to apply to people; still a synthetic sweetener.

Source: US National Toxicology Program, Report on Carcinogens: saccharin listed 1981, delisted 2000

Also on labels as

sodium saccharin, e954

Low-FODMAP status

Coming soon: whether it is low-FODMAP and at what serving.

Related ingredients

Sucralose
Aspartame
Acesulfame potassium
Neotame
Advantame
Erythritol
Xylitol
Maltitol

From Gutlog's clean ingredient rubric, version 2026.11.0. Ask your assistant "is this clean?" with a photo of the label and Gutlog checks every ingredient. General information, not medical advice.