Chemical Products --> Food Additives --> Xylitol | |
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| Product Name: Xylitol | |
| Numerator construction: | |
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| Molecular Formula: | |
| Molecular Weight: 152.15 | |
| Cas NO: [87-99-0] | |
| Character: White Crystalline Powder | |
| Xylitol is a nutrient sweetener. A heath person can produce xylitol
in the body himself, even |
| if he doesn't eat any xylitol products. In the natural, xylitol
extensively exists in many kinds of |
| fruits and vegetables. But the content is very little. For
commercial use, xylitol is usually |
| manufactured from corncob, sugar cane bagasse, birch tree and so
on. It is a natural and |
| heath sweetener. From the appearance it is white crystal and looks
like white sugar. Xylitol |
| is the sweetest sweetener among the polyols. It has a cool and
refreshing taste and has the |
| same sweetness as sucrose, but the calorie of xylitol is much lower
than sucrose, about |
| equal to glucose. Xylitol is a promising sweetener and it is a
perfect substitute of glucose |
| and sucrose. |
| Functions and Usages: | |
| Xyitol can be used as the sweetener,nutrition supplement and
auxiliary therapeutic agent |
| for diabetics, not causing any tooth decay. Edible xylitol is
suitable to be used in sugarless |
| foods, such as chewing gum,chocolate and hard candy. Based on its
special functions, |
| xylitol can be used in other carbohydrate and alcohol food,as well
as carbohydrate food. |
| Xylitol has a cool and refreshing taste,especially afer a period of
freezing. So it can also be |
| used in cold drinks, desserts,milk and coffee. What's more, xylitol
can even be used in the |
| heath-caring drinks,throat-freshening medicines and cough-relieving
sirup,etc. For the sake |
| of heath, people can use xylitol as a substitute for the
sucrose,which can cause the diabetes |
| and adiposity if overused. Xylitol can be used as moisture
modifying agent for cosmetic and |
| have no harm to your skin. Liquid xylitol has a delicious sweet
taste. In addition, it can |
| absorb moisture and prevent tooth decay. Hence, xylitol can
substitute glycerol and be used |
| as perfuming agent and antifreeze humectants that are used in
tobacco shred, toothpaste for |
| preventing tooth decay. Liquid xylitol also can be used in the
manufacturing process of |
| storage battery plate,as a substitute for glycerol ( especially for
low-temperature starting |
| storage battery electrolyte in northern area). | |
| Sweetness: Under the normal temperature, the sweetness of xylitol is equal to
that of sucrose. |
| While in a lower temperature, its sweetness can be 1.2 times of
that of sucrose. |
| Solubility: | |
| Easy to be dissolved in the water. When dissolved,xylitol can
absorb a great deal of heat |
| and you will have a cool and refreshing feeling in the month. |
| Non-fermentable Feature: | |
| Xylitol is hard to be fermented by bacteria in the mouth, so it can
be helpful in restraining |
| the increase of bacteria and acid and also helpful for preventing
tooth decay. |
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