Saccharide

Saccharide can mean different things:

Saccharides are the anions and salts of the sweetener saccharin (sodium saccharide, denatonium saccharide). Saccharin is sometimes used to replace sugar.
Saccharide is a general synonym for sugars. Common kinds of sugar are monosaccharide, disaccharide, and polysaccharide.

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