There is not much difference between the taste of xylitol buttercream and regular buttercream, simply by replacing sugar with xylitol and reducing sugar intake.

Xylitol (C5H12O5), also known as pentanol, is a five-carbon sugar alcohol. Xylitol is an intermediate product of xylose metabolism, crystalline white powder, hygroscopic, non-toxic and odorless, sweet, very soluble in water, slightly soluble in ethanol and methanol. Widely found in fruits, vegetables, cereals, mushrooms and other foods and wood, straw, corn cobs and other plants.

Xylitol can be used as a sweetener, nutrient and pharmaceutical agents in the chemical, food, pharmaceutical and other industries are widely used.

Xylitol as a functional sweetener, can participate in human metabolism, after entering the blood, without insulin can penetrate into the cells and metabolism speed, will not cause blood glucose rise, is the most suitable for diabetic patients to eat the nutritional sugar substitutes.