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What is the difference between saccharin and saccharic acid?

Saccharin is an artificial sweetening agent with effectively no food energy. It is about 300-400 times as sweet as sucrose. Saccharic acid is a product of oxidation of glucose and conc HNo3. It is also called glucaric acid . its salts are called glucarates.


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