§ 5. Dr. Strossasked the Minister of Food what sweetening agents are in use in Britain, other than sugar and glucose; and what quantities, if any, of dulcin and P.4,000 are in use.
§ Mr. F. WilleyNeither dulcin nor P.4,000 is being put into food or drink in this country. Apart from sugar, glucose and allied carbonhydrates, the only sweetening agent at present in use is saccharin.
§ Dr. StrossWhile assuring my hon. Friend that that answer will be most satisfactory to everybody, may I ask him if he is aware, or whether he remembers, that dulcin has been used in the past, and that it provided an example of the fact that we should be most cautious in allowing the introduction of these strange substances into our food before we know more about them?
§ Mr. WilleyIt has been used, but I am glad to say that its use has now been abandoned.