木糖醇 (mùtángchún) · xylitol

Meanings

1 xylitol

About the ingredient

调料 Seasonings

A white, crystalline sweetener about as sweet as sugar, used in sugar-free sweets and in baking. Many sugar-free chewing gums sold in China are sweetened with it.

Characters

Examples

HSK 7-9

这种口香糖加了木糖醇，不易蛀牙。

Zhè zhǒng kǒuxiāngtáng jiā le mùtángchún, búyì zhùyá.

This chewing gum contains xylitol and is less likely to cause cavities.

HSK 7-9

糖尿病人可以适量食用木糖醇。

Tángniàobìng rén kěyǐ shìliàng shíyòng mùtángchún.

Diabetics can consume xylitol in moderation.

Tips

memory

木糖 (xylose, lit. 'wood sugar', first isolated from birch bark) + 醇 (-ol, the chemistry suffix for alcohols). The same 醇 ending shows up in 乙醇 (ethanol) and 甲醇 (methanol).