HEALTH GARDEN Products Kosher Birch Xylitol (5lbs)

It’s exactly what I was looking for

Of all the brands that I have tried, this is the best! No aftertaste and it tastes like sugar.

I purchased this brand of Xylitol after having used the {.....} brand. Even though I liked brand X mostly, for my next purchase I decided upon this brand because of the fact that it is made in the US and it is made from the birch tree. I would say it is no better or no worse than the previous brand I'd used. When I received the Health Garden Xylitol however, when it arrived the bag had burst inside the box and the sweetener had leaked out into the box. Not a hole in the box just the bag the sweetener is in. Very poorly packaged. Nothing inside the box to keep the bag of sweetener from slamming around inside. I tried to contact the seller via Amazon several times with no response and was upset because I had to throw some of the sweetener away, concerned about possible contamination. I will no longer be purchasing from this seller. This sweetener, any brand of it, is far too expensive to be wasted like that. After even further research, I have now since decided to go back to my previous brand after reading more on that products website. Yes brand X IS made from corn that comes from China but is made from NON GMO Corn Husk. Most corn here in the US IS GMO compared to that of China and since brand X is made from the husk of the corn, a part that usually gets thrown away by most people, that is green enough for me and that is also important. If brand X was made from corn here in the US, I would run screaming in the other direction. Also, corn is more sustainable than trees. I definitely would rather use a re-purposed product (corn husk) to get my sugar fix rather than having others chop down precious life giving, oxygen clearing trees. It takes how long to grow corn compared to a tree? Highly sustainable IMO. Do the homework and make up your own mind rather than succumbing to clever advertising, like I did. If there is anyone out there that knows of a brand of Xylitol made from NON GMO corn right here in the US, please share that gift of knowledge. Until then, I'm satisfied with my current brand. P.S Since my purchase of this brand, Health Garden, the price has gone up. It was cheaper than brand X, now it's not. Brand X has remained the same price.

I just received my first order of this brand of xylitol. When I opened the package I found a very large, brown insect leg inside the top inch or so of the bag. I sent the product back and I will not buy from this company again - they appear to have a serious quality control problem. I didn't bother to look for more signs of contamination since this said enough - enough to make me question the cleanliness of the facility. I only tried the Health Garden brand because it is derived from birch and I thought it would provide a nice change from the usual corn-derived xylitol. But I have been using corn-derived xylitol for years without ever finding anything in the bag that should not be there. Over the years I have used Now Brand and Xlear Xylosweet, and most recently, Natrazyle. All are said to be derived from non-GMO corn (very important to consider) - but who knows for sure since it comes from China. I will stick with Natrazyle until I can find an acceptable birch alternative (Natrazyle claims on their website their xylitol is from organically grown corn which is a plus). I really vacillated between giving this review one or two stars. I considered the fact that it is one of the few available options to the usual corn-derived xylitol available so perhaps this warranted an extra star. But reason ruled out. I owned a natural bakery manufacturing plant for nearly 30 years without ever experiencing a roach infestation becasue of exceptional cleanliness standards. And over the years I visited plants with infestation problems that were always related to dirty conditions. When pieces of roaches appear in any food product it is is due to an infestation - and infestations only occur in dirty plants. The next thing to consider, and again I speak from experience, is if they have an infestation that pesticides are usually used to combat the situation rather than clean up the problem). This presents a more serious concern than the infestation in my opinion because of the chance the product could be contaminated with toxic pesticides. This is my honest review with the sole purpose of warning others. I would appreciate such a warning myself. Due to the overwhelming negative response to my review by this manufacturer I would appreciate your helpful vote if you find this helpful. The seller launched a retributory attack in the comments section (he has since removed the slue of comments accusing me of corporate espionage) but they continued to attempt to force me to remove my review by adding as many unhelpful votes as possible - over 10 appeared the first three hours the review went up, and it continues. This seller is dirty in more ways than one. An update to this review: I found another brand of USA birch-derived xylitol that I've purchased many times and it appears clean. Zveet Birch Xylitol Sweetener 5lb (Made in USA) . Hope this helps. Thanks so much. Update for clarity, 2024: Several years after my review was originally posted, Amazon removed their comments section that was once included with reviews, and they also removed the unhelpful vote option.

Xylitol is a wonderful & completely natural way to help re-mineralize your teeth. And Health Garden's 5 lb bag provides a substantial supply of the sweet stuff! I've Never had a bad reaction for a 5 to 8 gram spoon of this xylitol. Just don't overdo it and space it out. I think keeping a daily intake less than 15 grams or so spaced out between morning & evening should prevent any potential side effects. The taste is just like sugar. I only use it for oral health, not as a sweetener in drinks. Some folks mix it w/ water as a mouth rinse. I've done that a few times with good results.