because it's expensive however they're looking at producing it cheaply from corn cobs so i hear daily mail and it is now on sale in powder form so who knows this is a lovely little article i love the way the links are done at the bottom my only point of contention is however this same effect also interferes with the yeast micro organism and others so xylitol is inappropriate in making bread for instance sugar added to bread is this an american thing or have i missed something