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  2. Xylitol - Wikipedia

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    Xylitol is used as a sugar substitute in such manufactured products as drugs, dietary supplements, confections, toothpaste, and chewing gum, but is not a common household sweetener. [ 5 ] [ 7 ] [ 15 ] Xylitol has negligible effects on blood sugar because its assimilation and metabolism are independent of insulin . [ 15 ]

  3. Sweetness - Wikipedia

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    Sucrose (table sugar) is the prototypical example of a sweet substance. Sucrose in solution has a sweetness perception rating of 1, and other substances are rated relative to this. [ 13 ] For example, another sugar, fructose , is somewhat sweeter, being rated at 1.7 times the sweetness of sucrose. [ 13 ]

  4. Sugar alcohol - Wikipedia

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    Sugar alcohols can be, and often are, produced from renewable resources.Particular feedstocks are starch, cellulose and hemicellulose; the main conversion technologies use H 2 as the reagent: hydrogenolysis, i.e. the cleavage of C−O single bonds, converting polymers to smaller molecules, and hydrogenation of C=O double bonds, converting sugars to sugar alcohols.

  5. Diabetic? These Foods Will Help Keep Your Blood Sugar in Check

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    Apples. The original source of sweetness for many of the early settlers in the United States, the sugar from an apple comes with a healthy dose of fiber.

  6. List of food additives - Wikipedia

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    [7] Oleomargarine – Olive oil – used in cooking – cosmetics – soaps and as a fuel for traditional oil lamps; Orange GGN – color (orange) Orange oil – like lemon oil – cold pressed rather than distilled. Consists of 90% d-Limonene. Used as a fragrance, in cleaning products and in flavoring foods. [8] Orcein – color (red) Orchil ...

  7. List of candies - Wikipedia

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    It consists of a number of small, short straws that are filled with flavored sugar powders. Example flavors include strawberry, chocolate, banana, and grape. Dalgona or ppopgi: A Korean sweet candy made from melted sugar and baking soda. Okchun-dang: A Korean traditional sweet made of rice flour. Yeot: A Korean traditional confectionery.

  8. List of regional languages of the Philippines - Wikipedia

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    The adoption of regional languages as a medium of teaching is based on studies that indicate that the use of mother tongues as languages of instruction improves the comprehension and critical thinking skills of children and facilitates the learning of second languages such as English and Filipino.

  9. Xylooligosaccharide - Wikipedia

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    Xylooligosaccharides have been commercially available since the 1980s, originally produced by Suntory in Japan. They have more recently become more widely available commercially, as technologies have advanced and production costs have fallen. Some enzymes from yeast can exclusively convert xylan into only xylooligosaccharides-DP-3 to 7. [2]