Xylitol ndi shuga zimakhala ndi kusiyana kwakukulu pamapangidwe, zopatsa mphamvu, zotsatira za shuga wamagazi, komanso thanzi la mano. Xylitol ndi chotsekemera chachilengedwe chomwe chimatengedwa kuchokera kuzinthu zakubzala monga birch, oak, chimanga cha chimanga, ndi nzimbe. Njira yake yamankhwala ndi C ? H ?? O ?, ya mowa asanu wa shuga wa carbon, ndi kutsekemera kwa pafupifupi 90% ya sucrose, kupereka pafupifupi 2.4 kcal ya mphamvu pa gramu. Mosiyana ndi zimenezi, shuga (monga sucrose) ndi disaccharide yopangidwa ndi shuga ndi fructose, yomwe imapereka pafupifupi 4 kcal ya mphamvu pa gramu. Kumwa mankhwalawa kungayambitse kuchuluka kwa shuga m'magazi.