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. ;

Mmet?ta ah?ike nke xylitol g?nyere na ? gagh? ebute nnukwu mgbanwe na ?kwa glucose ?bara, yana ? dabara maka nd? ?r?a shuga. ? nwekwara ihe mgbochi caries, nke nwere ike ibelata ihe acidic nke nje bacteria na-emep?ta ma nyere aka ?n?gide na-enwe ah? ike ?n?. Otú ? d?, ???biga mmanya ókè nke xylitol nwere ike ?kpata ah? erugh? ala nke eriri af?, ya mere a na-at? aro ka ? rie ya nke ?ma. ;

A na-eji Xylitol eme ihe n'?t?t? ebe na ?l? ?r? nri, a na-ejikwa ya d? ka ihe mgbakwunye nri na-enwegh? shuga, d? ka ?ta ch?ng?m, swiiti, na nri kalori d? ala. Enwere ike iji ya d? ka ihe na-at? ?t? na mmiri mmiri, mana ? nagh? adabara nri fermented n'ihi na ? nwere ike igbochi uto yist na ?r? ?gba ?ka.