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Xylitol

by Designs for Health · powder · 500 grams

  • On the market (NIH)
  • UPC 8 79452 00187 9
  • DSLD label 22545
  • Serving 4 g (approx. one teaspoon)
  • 125 servings

Xylitol by Designs for Health lists one ingredient: 4 g of xylitol per serving of 4 g. Its current label entered the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database on July 25, 2013.

What is in Xylitol?

Each row as the label prints it, per serving of 4 g. The capsule beside an amount places it among every product in the NIH database that lists the same ingredient: the bar is the middle half of their amounts, the line in it the median, the whiskers the 10th and 90th percentiles; the green tick is the FDA Daily Value and the red dashed tick the adult upper limit (IOM).

Xylitol: Supplement Facts rows against the market (DSLD label 22545, January 2026 release)
IngredientAmount% DVAmong products listing it
Calories10 Calories
Total Carbohydrates4 g1%Carbohydrate in Xylitol against 21,979 products4 g per serving; the middle half of products list 1 g to 6 g, the median 3 g.4 g

Higher than 53% of 21,979 products listing carbohydrate (median 3 g).

Xylitol4 gXylitol in Xylitol against 220 products4 g per serving; the middle half of products list 1 g to 2.5 g, the median 2 g.4 g

Higher than 88% of 220 products listing xylitol (median 2 g).

Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database, label 22545 (entered July 25, 2013), version 9.4.0. See the label on DSLD. Amounts are what the maker printed; DSLD does not test products. Daily Values: the FDA's Daily Value page.

Is that a lot?

Every amount on this label with a position sits within the middle 80% of the products that list the same ingredient.

The NIH database records one serving a day from the label's directions; its % Daily Values are for adults and children 4 or more years of age. The directions as printed are further down this page.

The Tolerable Upper Intake Level is the most of a nutrient per day, from food, water and supplements together, that is likely to pose no risk for almost all adults (Institute of Medicine, 2011). It does not apply under medical supervision. This page compares labels; it is not medical advice.

Sources: amounts from the DSLD label; Daily Values from 21 CFR 101.9(c)(8)(iv); adult upper limits from the Institute of Medicine's DRI summary tables (2011). How positions are computed.

Which products have the closest formulas?

The products whose ingredient lists overlap most with Xylitol's, rare ingredients counting for more.

Source: ingredient lists of every product's current label in DSLD (version 9.4.0); similarity weights each shared ingredient by how rare it is.

What does the label say about taking it?

Quoted from the label as DSLD transcribed it: the maker's words, including any claim about what the product does, which the FDA has not evaluated and PlainVitamins does not endorse.

Directions
Recommended Use: As a dietary supplement, take 4 grams (approx. one teaspoon) per day, or as directed by your health care practitioner.
Warnings
Note: This product is intended for human consumption only. Dogs in particular are unable to properly metabolize xylitol.
Allergens and what it does not contain
Does not contain gluten.
Storage
STORE IN A COOL, DRY PLACE.

Source: label statements in DSLD label 22545.

What else is on the label?

Seals and symbols as the label prints them (the maker's; a certifier's own list confirms a seal): Manufactured in a GMP CERTIFIED Facility.

How many labels does Xylitol have?

One label is on file, entered on July 25, 2013.

  1. Label 22545 (current) Entered July 25, 2013 · on the market · 500 grams · UPC 8 79452 00187 9

Source: DSLD label entry and market events, version 9.4.0 (labels entered through September 25, 2025).

Who makes it?

The label names Designs for Health, Inc. (manufacturer, distributor), Suffield, CT. All Designs for Health products.

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