Xylitol hamwe nisukari bifite itandukaniro rikomeye mubigize, karori, ingaruka zisukari yamaraso, nubuzima bw amenyo. Xylitol ni uburyohe busanzwe bukurwa mubikoresho byibimera nkibishishwa, igiti, ibigori, na bagasse y'ibisheke. Imiti ya chimique ni C ? H ?? O ?, ikomoka kuri alcool eshanu ya sukari ya karubone, ifite uburyohe bwa 90% ya sucrose, itanga ingufu za kkal 2,4 kuri garama. Ibinyuranye, isukari (nka sucrose) ni disaccharide igizwe na glucose na fructose, itanga hafi kkal 4 z'ingufu kuri garama. Kurya birashobora gutera kwiyongera byihuse kurwego rwisukari yamaraso.