Dulcin

• P- ethoxyphenylurea
• 4- ethoxyphenylurea
• Sucrol
• Valzin
• Dulzin
• P- Phenetolcarbamid

Colorless solid

Fixed

173 ° C

1.25 g · l-1 in water (25 ° C)

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Dulcin (p- Phenetolcarbamid ) is a sweetener 200 times sweeter than sucrose. Dulcin is a urea derivative and similar Suosan. In the movement of food Dulcin is authorized within the EU.

History

Dulcin was discovered in 1884 by Joseph Berlinerbau and was after the second synthetic sweetener saccharin. Since the first medical tests showed that the sweetener was harmless to the human organism, the market launch in the U.S. in 1891.

Was later found in several studies that Dulcin in animal experiments with rats causes cancer of the liver and bladder. The sweetener approved by the FDA was deprived by these results, 1950.

The Joint FAO / WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives (JECFA ) in 1976 decided that Dulcin must not be used as a feed additive.

Chemical Properties

Dulcin decomposes in the heat in water and hydrolyzed in a 0.1 N solution of acetic acid.