Editing Sweet'n Low (section)

==History==
[[Saccharin]] was discovered in 1878 by [[Constantin Fahlberg]], a chemist working on coal tar derivatives at the [[Johns Hopkins University]]. Although saccharin was commercialized not long after its discovery, it was not until decades later that its use became widespread. Sweet'N Low was first introduced in 1957 by [[Benjamin Eisenstadt]], formerly proprietor of a [[Brooklyn Navy Yard]] cafeteria,<ref name="WebsiteStory">{{cite web |title=The Story of Sweet'N Low |url=http://www.sweetnlow.com/brand|website=Sweet'N Low|publisher=Cumberland Packing Corp. |accessdate=April 11, 2018}}</ref> and his son, Marvin Eisenstadt. The elder Eisenstadt had earlier invented the [[sugar packet]], but did not patent it, and artificial sweetener packets were an outgrowth of that business. The two were the first to market and distribute the sugar substitute in powdered form. Their distribution company, Cumberland Packing Corporation, still controls the product.

The business is still based on the site of Ben's original diner, but no longer produces or packages the product there.<ref name="WebsiteStory"/><ref name="AP1">{{citation|author1-last=Hajela|author1-first=Deepti|title=Sweet'N Low to end Brooklyn production after nearly 60 years|date=2016-01-17|url=https://apnews.com/article/b4b8a98417ff4611a11e27c89dc7daef|access-date=2023-07-12|website=[[Associated Press]] website|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230712215947/https://apnews.com/article/b4b8a98417ff4611a11e27c89dc7daef|archive-date=2023-07-12|url-status=live|quote=But the family-owned company told workers just over a week ago that manufacturing and packing work would stop in Brooklyn over the course of the year and shift entirely to other parts of the country, leaving only its headquarters in the borough.}}</ref> Since 1957, the company operated a Sweet'N Low manufacturing and packing plant in Brooklyn, but the company announced in 2016 that it would close that operation, and shift those functions elsewhere in the United States.<ref name="AP1" /> At the end, the plant employed 300 unionized manufacturing staff and still used antique equipment.<ref name="AP1" />