Xylitol uye shuga zvine misiyano yakakura mukuumbwa, macalorie, shuga yeropa, uye hutano hwemazino. Xylitol inotapira yechisikigo inonyanya kutorwa kubva muzvirimwa zvakaita sebirch, oak, cob yechibage, uye nzimbe bagasse. Chimiro chayo chemakemikari ndeye C ? H ?? O ?, yevashanu kabhoni shuga doro, ine kutapira kunenge 90% ye sucrose, ichipa inenge 2.4 kcal yesimba pagiramu. Kusiyana neizvi, shuga (yakadai se sucrose) i disaccharide inoumbwa neglucose uye fructose, ichipa inenge 4 kcal yesimba pagiramu. Kuidya kunogona kukonzera kukurumidza kuwedzera kwemazinga ehuga. ,

Hutano mhedzisiro ye xylitol inosanganisira kuti haizokonzeredze kuchinja kukuru mumazinga eglucose yeropa, uye inokodzera varwere vane chirwere cheshuga. Iyo ine zvakare anti caries zvimiro, izvo zvinogona kuderedza acidic zvinhu zvinogadzirwa nemuromo bhakitiriya uye kubatsira kuchengetedza hutano hwemukanwa. Nekudaro, kunyanyisa kunwa xylitol kunogona kukonzera kusagadzikana kwemudumbu, saka zvinokurudzirwa kuishandisa zvine mwero. ,

Xylitol inoshandiswa zvakanyanya muindasitiri yechikafu uye inowanzoshandiswa sechikafu chisina shuga, senge chewing gum, candy, uye low calorie chikafu. Inogona zvakare kushandiswa sekutapira uye kunyorovesa, asi haina kukodzera chikafu chakaviriswa sezvo ichigona kutadzisa mbiriso kukura uye kuvirisa basa.