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Food Industry:
CHEWING GUM THAT PREVENTS TOOTH
DECAY
The importance of xylitol in dental care was discovered in
Finland at the beginning of the 1970s when scientists at the
University of Turku demonstrated that it prevented tooth decay.
In 1975 Leaf launched the world's first xylitol chewing gum,
the Xylitol Jenkki. Leaf has studied xylitol and the benefits
of xylitol gum in dental care for over 20 years. The XyliFresh
all-xylitol chewing gum, formulated on the basis of Finnish
research and product development, is also sold outside of
Finland. The latest conquest is Japan, where the product was
introduced in 1999.
Published
2001
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