Xylitolis present naturally at low levels in fruits and vegetables. It is also used as an alternative sweetener/sugar substitute in chewing gum and candy as well as in some baked food products. Dogs readily ingest foods sweetened with xylitol, and the excess amount from high ingestion causes hy...
Global Market Share of USA, Germany, Japan and Australia 70.1% A sugar alcohol called Xylitol is frequently used as a table sugar alternative. Sugar alcohols come from organic foods like fruit and vegetables. Industrial-scale production of Xylitol from wood and maize cob involves converting the pl...
The amount of disaccharide polyols present in chewing gum is too low to cause any gastrointestinal effects in most subjects. 5. Involvement of the Raffinose-Family Galactooligosaccharides (GOSs) The GOSs are not sugar alcohols but may occasion similar gastrointestinal disturbances as the latter. ...