Xylitol na shuga nwere nnukwu ?d?iche d? na nhazi, kalori, mmet?ta shuga ?bara na ah?ike eze. Xylitol b? ihe ?t? sitere n'okike nke a na-esi na ihe ?k?k? d? ka birch, oak, ?ka cob, na akpa okpete. Usoro kem?kal ya b? C ? H ?? O ?, nke sitere na mmanya shuga carbon ise, nke nwere uto nke ihe d?ka 90% nke sucrose, na-enye ihe d? ka 2.4 kcal nke ume kwa gram. N'?z? d? iche, shuga (d? ka sucrose) b? disaccharide nke mejup?tara glucose na fructose, na-enye ihe d? ka kcal 4 nke ike kwa gram. Inye ya nwere ike ime ka ?kwa shuga d? n'?bara na-abawanye ngwa ngwa.