Traits: (1) appearance: white crystalline powder, has a sweet taste, no smell, cool feeling. 
 (2) melting like: clear and transparent aqueous solution, 1g xylitol is soluble in about 0.65ml water, slightly soluble in ethanol. Density (20 ° C) = 1.5g / cm3 
 Uses: Mainly used as a sweetener in the food industry. 
 (1) for the food industry: anti-caries properties are better than fructose and sucrose. The use of xylitol is not dental caries bacteria in the oral cavity, it does not produce acid to maintain oral neutral to prevent tooth etching. Therefore, xylitol as a sweetener widely used in anti-caries food. 
 (2) cool feeling and sweetness of xylitol does not produce browning reaction when heated, stable, hygroscopic, yeast fermentation characteristics, used in snacks, candy, chocolate, food, canned drinks as sweet agent, much longer period of softness than sucrose, to extend its shelf life. 
 (3) as the family of sugar substitutes, you can prevent excessive sucrose intake caused by obesity and diabetes. 
 (4) as the ingredients of the pharmaceutical industry, instead of glucose, is the health of people with diabetes sugar.