JENKKI ORIGINAL chewing gum with xylitol (100 g.)

Xylitol chewing gum 100g. 35% Ksilitolio.

Xylitol is a natural sweetener whose raw materials can be found e.g. in birch, corn and beech. Xylitol appears to be found in small amounts in almost all plants, especially berries and fruits. Xylitol was discovered by German and French scientists as early as the 1890s, but its harmless effects on teeth were verified in the 1970s in the so-called Turku sugar studies of the Department of Dentistry at the University of Turku.

Chemically, xylitol is a carbohydrate that belongs to polyols, sugar alcohols. Xylitol is industrially produced mainly from birch fiber, xylan. This is why xylitol is also called birch sugar. In a chemical process, xylan is broken down into xylose, which is converted into xylitol.

Xylitol is one of the raw materials that replace sugar, such as sorbitol and maltitol. However, xylitol differs from sorbitol, maltitol, and other sweeteners because instead of six carbon atoms, its chemical structure consists of five carbon atoms. Therefore, bacteria cannot use xylitol for food. The degree of sweetness of xylitol is about the same as that of regular sugar, and the taste is not only sweet, but also cool and refreshing.

Xylitol can prevent the growth and transmission of Streptococcus mutans, the bacteria that causes tooth decay, from one person to another. Bacteria cannot use xylitol as an energy source, so the acid attack that is harmful to the teeth does not occur. In addition, plaque containing bacteria is reduced on the surface of the tooth and it is easier to clean.

Benefits of xylitol
* interrupts the acid attack and prevents tooth decay
* corrects enamel damage that has already started
* reduces plaque and facilitates cleaning
* prevents the transmission of caries from mother to child
* reduces children's ear infections
* increases the amount of saliva - helps with dry mouth"

List of ingredients:
sweeteners (xylitol 35%, sorbitol, mannitol, maltitol syrup, acesulfame K), chewing gum base mass, flavorings, stabilizer (arabic), dyes (E132, E141, E171), acidity regulator (E500), surface treatment (carnauba wax).

Nutritional value (100 g)
Energy 728 kJ / 175 kcal
Fat 1 g
- of which saturated 0.9 g
Carbohydrates 67 g
- of which sugars 0 g
Protein 0 g
Druska 0.14 g