0 a substance used to make sth taste sweeter -- édulcorant [ masculine ]
an artificial sweetener instead of sugar un édulcorant artificiel à la place du sucre
1 something that sweetens, eg a substance used for sweetening food -- édulcorant
Saccharin is an artificial sweetener, often used instead of sugar.
I am astonished, therefore, at a proposal which seems to treat as something quite commonplace the inclusion of this new sweetener in the list of approved sweeteners.
The first amendment would delete comitology for deciding whether a substance should be considered as a sweetener.
