41.   Previously, only saccharin had been available as an artificial sweetener, and soon a huge market developed for the alternative product.

42.   Pepsi has already experimented with a blend of artificial sweeteners in Latin America.

43.   Saccharin accounts for about one-third of the artificial sweetener sold in the United States.

44.   Some patients experience dramatic relief when they eliminate from the diet alcohol, caffeine, artificial sweeteners, citrus fruits and tomatoes.

45.   Stevia could be a major economic threat to established companies that manufacture artificial sweeteners.

46.   The artificial sweetener business may be turning sour.

47.   The FDA has approved a new artificial sweetener called sucralose.

48.   The Food and Drug Administration approved the use of an artificial sweetener known as Ace-K in soft drinks on Tuesday.

49.   The Food and Drug Administration sought to ban it, but consumers, who would have been left without any artificial sweeteners, protested.

50.   The stakes are high to produce the next generation of artificial sweetener.