Which of the following statement does not apply to saccharin?

Correct option is A

Correct Answer: (a) Saccharin is about 700 times as sweet as cane sugar.
Explanation:
· Statement (a) is incorrect because saccharin is about 300–400 times sweeter than cane sugar, not 700 times.
· All other statements correctly describe saccharin.
Information Booster:
· Saccharin is one of the earliest artificial sweeteners and is widely used by diabetics and in low-calorie foods.
· It passes through the body unchanged and is excreted in urine because it is not metabolised.
Additional Knowledge :
· (b) Saccharin is the first popular artificial sweetening agent. Correct — It was the earliest synthetic sweetener widely adopted.
· (c) Saccharin was discovered in 1879. Correct — It was discovered accidentally by Constantin Fahlberg.
· (d) Saccharin is excreted from the body in urine unchanged. Correct — It is not digested or metabolized, which is why it is calorie-free.