Top Grade good taste d-xylose 99.5% CAS 58-86-6 CAS NO.58-86-6

Product Description:
D-Xylose, commonly called wood sugar, is a natural 5-carbon sugar (pentose) obtained from the xylan-rich portion of hemicellulose, present in plant cell walls and fiber.  xylitol is a nutrient sweetener. A heath person can produce xylitol in the body himself, even if he doesn't eat any xylitol products. In the natural, xylitol extensively exsits in many kinds of fruits and vegetables. But the content is very little. For commercial use, xylitol is usually manufactured from corncob, sugar cane bagasse, birch tree and so on. It is a natural and healthy sweetener. From the appearance, it is white crystal and looks like white sugar. Xylitol is the sweetest sweetener among the polyols. It has a cool and refreshing taste and has the same sweetness as sucrose, but the calory of xylitol is much lower than sucrose, about equal to glucose. Xylitol is a promising sweetener and it is a perfect substitute for glucose and sucrose. L-Arabinose is white crystalline powder with sweet flavor and melting point of 154-158ºC. It's easily soluble in water and glycerol, slightly soluble in ethanol and not soluble in ether. It is highly stable under the condition of heat and acid. As low-calorie sweetener, it has been approved to be the healthy food additive by American Bureau of Food and Drug Supervision and Health and Human Services Department of Japan. Also, it has been authorized new resource food by Health Department of China.

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