A sweetener that is found in plants and used as a substitute for sugar. Xylitol is called a nutritive sweetener because it provides calories, just like sugar. However, it is less likely than sugar to contribute to dental caries.

a chemical substance

A sweetener found in plants and used as a substitute for sugar; it is called a nutritive sweetener because it provides calories, just like sugar.

See Sugar Alcohol

(ZY-lih-tall) a carbohydrate-based sweetener found in plants and used as a substitute for sugar; provides calories. Found in some mints and chewing gum.

Xylitol is an all-natural alternative to sugar. The substance derives from the fibres of plants and can be extracted from a variety of vegetation including berries, mushrooms, birch bark and corn husk [..]

A sweetener found in plants and used as a substitute for sugar; it is called a nutritive sweetener because it provides calories, just like sugar.

Source: Wood sugar Key Properties: Humectant, Skin conditioning Found In: Any Time Eye Cream, Every Day AM Hydrating Cream, Every Night PM Hydrating Cream, Gentle Exfoliator Polishing Cream  

A five-Carbon sugar alcohol derived from XYLOSE by reduction of the Carbonyl group. It is as sweet as Sucrose and used as a noncariogenic Sweetener.

A five-carbon sugar alcohol derived from XYLOSE by reduction of the carbonyl group. It is as sweet as sucrose and used as a noncariogenic sweetener.

n.) - a naturally fulfilling alcohol found in most plants such as fruits and vegetables, widely used as a sugar substitute in sugar-free chewing gums, mints, and other candies  Y Yakitori (n.) - a Jap [..]

Xylitol: A Sugar alcohol derived from fruits or produced from Glucose.

(chemistry) a pentahydric alcohol, C₅H₁₂O₅, penta-hydroxy pentane; derived from xylose; used as a sweetener