After accidentally dipping his fingers into the chemicals with which he was working, Clauss licked them to pick up a piece of paper.
==Odkritje==Kalijev acesulfam sta odkrila po naključju odkritja podobne spojine (5,6-dimetil-1,2,3-oxathiazin-4(3H)-ena 2,2-dioksid) Karl Clauss in Harold Jensen leta 1967 v Hoechst AG.