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Xylitol

Xylitol is a sugar alcohol sweetener used as a naturally occurring sugar substitute. Xylitol is an organic compound with the formula (CHOH)3(CH2OH)2. This achiral species is one of four isomers of pentane-1,2,3,4,5-pentol. Xylitol is roughly as sweet as sucrose with only two-thirds the food energy.

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