Molecule of the Week
June 12, 2006

This molecule was originally selected on January 28, 2002

Regarding this week's selected substance:

Approved by the FDA in 1998, sucralose is a relatively new artificial sweetener made by chlorinating sucrose (sugar). It is reported to be 600 times sweeter than the real thing.

Sucralose

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