Have you ever thought about how sugar was born? If yes, believe me, you are not the only one. I too have wondered how this compound was first discovered and how it was first used. But did you know that there are more sugars than we know about? There are four known types of sugars: saccharin, aspartame, sucralose and sodium cyclamate. Not many people are interested when it comes to discovering the history of things. But it really matters where the things we consume come from and whether they are healthy for us. In this document, I will give you the whole story about these four sugars and explain whether or not they are healthy for you. Saccharin (C7H5NO3S) was first discovered in 1878, making it the oldest of the sweeteners on this record. Saccharin is proven to be between 200 and 700 times sweeter than regular sugar. The way it was discovered was actually not the same as other things in history. The credit for this discovery goes to the chemist Constantin Fahlberg. In the 19th century, Fahlberg was hired by Professor Ira Remsen at Johns Hopkins University to conduct some experiments. One day, while doing an experiment, Fahlberg accidentally dropped the sample that contained benzoic sulfinide and found some of it in his piece of bread. As he ate his piece of bread, he noticed that it was sweeter towards the crust. Then he returned to the laboratory and tasted every sample in every test tube and every beaker. Then he found the one that contained benzoic sulfide. He noticed that it came from a glass that had been boiled too much and that it contained sulfobenzoic acid which had combined with phosphorus chloride and ammonia and reacted to produce benzoic sulphide. Fahlberg later described it as an alternative to brown sugar. Saccharin......center of sheet......of Sweet: A History of Saccharin." Chemical Heritage Foundation Homepage. Chemical Heritage Foundation, nd Web. 07 November 2013.Malin, Andy. "It is The Is Sucralose a Dangerous Sugar Substitute?" Down to Earth. NP, March 12, 2009. Web. November 11, 2013. Murray, Rich. "How Aspartame Became Legal: The Timeline." How Aspartame Became Legal: the chronology. NP, 24 December 2004. Web. 9 November 2013. Piper, J. M. "Expert Opinions - Saccharin." 7 November 2013. "Saccharin." NP, nd Web. 07 November 2013, Times "A History of Saccharin." . 2013."What the Experts Say About Artificial Sweeteners." The Calorie Control Council, n.d. Web. 2013.