糖精的甜度相当于蔗糖的五倍,食品中有十万分之一的糖精能尝到甜味。糖精在饮食行业里经常使用。有人说;‘糖精糖精,是糖之精’,这句话不对。其实,糖精是化学物质合成的甜味剂,主要成份是糖精钠。糖精钠本身不是营养物质,它不能象糖那样产生热能供机体利用,而且吃后很快便排出体外,对身体没有什么好处。不但如此,在糖精生产过程中,还会因提取不纯,混进一些重金属、氨化合物、砷及邻甲苯硫酰胺等杂质。这些杂质能危害人的身体健康。长期较多摄入可引起慢性中 Saccharin sweetness is equivalent to five times that of sucrose, sweeteners have one hundred thousandth percentile of sweetener in the food. Saccharin is often used in the food industry. Some people say; ’saccharin saccharin, is the essence of sugar’, this sentence is wrong. In fact, saccharin is a chemical synthesis of sweeteners, the main ingredient is sodium saccharin. Saccharin sodium itself is not a nutrient, it can not generate heat as sugar for the body to use, but also quickly excreted after eating, no good for the body. Not only that, in the production of saccharin, but also due to the extraction of impure, mixed with some heavy metals, ammonia compounds, arsenic and o-toluene sulfamide and other impurities. These impurities can endanger human health. Long-term intake of more can cause chronic