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. ?

Ingaruka ku buzima bwa xylitol zirimo ko itazatera ihindagurika rikomeye mu maraso glucose, kandi ikwiriye abarwayi ba diyabete. Ifite kandi imiti irwanya karies, ishobora kugabanya ibintu bya acide ikorwa na bagiteri zo mu kanwa kandi bigafasha kubungabunga ubuzima bwo mu kanwa. Nyamara, kunywa cyane xylitol bishobora gutera uburibwe bwa gastrointestinal, bityo rero birasabwa kuyikoresha mugihe gito. ?

X. Irashobora kandi gukoreshwa nkibiryoheye nubushuhe, ariko ntibikwiye kubiribwa bisembuye kuko bishobora kubuza gukura kwimisemburo nibikorwa bya fermentation.