Xylosweet xylitol sweetener 100 x 4g xylitol can be used as a direct alternative for normal sugar it can be put in your tea cakes cereals and over your fruit in the same amounts as you would normal sugar xylitol occurs naturally it can be extracted from fruits vegetables plants and trees you may have originally heard of xylitol through the dentist or in dental products this is because xylitol naturally protects the teeth by fighting cavities this same xylitol is what we can also use