Assugrin is a brand name for a sugar substitute that is a blend of

cyclamate Cyclamate is an artificial sweetener. It is 30–50 times sweeter than sucrose (table sugar), making it the least potent of the commercially used artificial sweeteners. It is often used with other artificial sweeteners, especially saccharin; ...

and

saccharin Saccharin (''aka'' saccharine, Sodium sacchari) is an artificial sweetener with effectively no nutritional value. It is about 550 times as sweet as sucrose but has a bitter or metallic aftertaste, especially at high concentrations. Saccharin ...

. Produced in Switzerland by MCM Klosterfrau Vertriebsgesellschaft, Assugrin was the main table sweetener in

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History

Cyclamate Cyclamate is an artificial sweetener. It is 30–50 times sweeter than sucrose (table sugar), making it the least potent of the commercially used artificial sweeteners. It is often used with other artificial sweeteners, especially saccharin; ...

sugar substitute was discovered in 1937 by two American chemists and tested over the subsequent twenty years. After cyclamate was declared safe for consumption in the mid-1950s, the Hermes Company announced their new product, Assugrin, in 1954.Swiss Business Digest. (June 18, 2004) ''Swiss Hermes Edulcorants 2003 Turnover at 44.4 Mln Euro.'' More than a decade later, in 1965, Hermes company came up with a mixture of

and

. It was later introduced to the market under the brand name Assugrin. In that same year,

aspartame Aspartame is an artificial non-saccharide sweetener 200 times sweeter than sucrose and is commonly used as a sugar substitute in foods and beverages. It is a methyl ester of the aspartic acid/phenylalanine dipeptide with the trade na ...

was discovered. Aspartame was introduced into the Assugrin brand as Assugrin Gold. In 1987, orange and lemon varieties were added to the

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low-calorie soft drink Assugrin Exquisit. In 1990, Albi launched Assugrin Aktiv (Iso-Mineral-Fitness-Drink), a reduced calorie

sports drink Sports drinks, also known as electrolyte drinks, are functional beverages whose stated purpose is to help athletes replace water, electrolytes, and energy before, during and especially after training or competition. There are many perceived be ...

. Hermes Sweeteners Ltd introduced Assugrin Light blended sweetener as a "special diet food" in 1995. In 2002, the Assugrin brand was introduced in

Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...

through a new dietetic sweetener made with saccharin, water, artificial sweeteners, and sodium cyclamate.International Product Alert (November 4, 2002) ''Assugrin Adocante Dietetico'' Volume 19; Issue 21. In 2003, Swiss sweeteners producer Hermes Edulcorants, headquartered in

Zürich , neighboring_municipalities = Adliswil, Dübendorf, Fällanden, Kilchberg, Maur, Oberengstringen, Opfikon, Regensdorf, Rümlang, Schlieren, Stallikon, Uitikon, Urdorf, Wallisellen, Zollikon , twintowns = Kunming, San Francisco Zürich () i ...

, generated 67 million Swiss francs ($53.2 million/€44.4 million) for 2003. Their brand, the Assugrin sweetener, was being sold in about 100 countries, but mainly in Switzerland, Germany, and Austria. Assugrin also has a presence in Spain and Brazil.

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