Xylitol as sweetner

submitted over 7 years ago by Phatpharm269

Hi all! First post to this sub.

Curious how many people use xylitol as a DIY sweetener? I heat PG and saturate with crystals. Then shake and use 5-15ml for a 240ml batch.

I truly hate sucralose or most fake sugars. Xylitol is popular for gum etc, but has major issues in the digestive system. Good thing vapin' doesn't end up there!

Short warning ⚠ seems dogs are affected even more with digestion of xylitol.

Cheers

Edit: going to work on making some PG-based saline solution. Don't like adding water to my juice. Weird popping occurs.

Helps smoothness and boosts some flavs

Comments

6 points

by thepatient23over 7 years agoFrugivore

I'd say as long as it's pure xylitol and not branded sweetener then shouldn't be a HUGE issue. As most artificial sweeteners are sugar alcohols ie. (ethyl maltol)

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by Phatpharm269over 7 years ago

Agreed. Just a sugar alcohol.

It is a quite stable molecular structure.

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by LordDonglerover 7 years ago

I would be worried about the effects on lung tissue, as I believe it hasn't been tested

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by Phatpharm269over 7 years ago

Guess I'm the lab rat then. Been using it for 2.5 years and made quite a few mixes for friends. Haven't had any issues other than great lungs from ditching smoking :p

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by LordDonglerover 7 years ago

Well, that sounds promising. Do you ever have a lingering cough? Been diagnosed with any diseases (even if they seem irrelevant) since then?

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by Phatpharm269over 7 years ago

No diseases and PG is a great antimicrobial. Haven't had bronchitis or tonsillitis since quitting smoking.

Any coughing fits are from herb or a flooded tank running too cool.

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by TheMonkeyismyfriendover 7 years ago

There has been a study on its effect on the mucus lining and it was extremely positive, as in zero effect. Tobacco smoking destroys the lining in the lungs.

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by thepatient23over 7 years agoFrugivore

It is being considered for use in inhalers to treat cystic fibrosis symptoms as well.

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by TheMonkeyismyfriendover 7 years ago

When I had bronchitis, I had to breathe through this thing which I still have laying around somewhere, and I'm pretty sure it used PG as the delivery system. It'd be sweet if I could actually use it as a vape station.

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by WorstAdviceROCover 7 years ago

It's actually pretty well researched, I just don't have a link off hand. Pretty darn safe.

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by Darnit_Botover 7 years ago

What a darn shame..

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by lNTERLINKEDover 7 years agoI did not ask for this flair.

Confusing bot.

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by canuck_vaperover 7 years ago

Here's the link of which you speak: https://respiratory-research.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/1465-9921-5-13

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by Kewkewmoreover 7 years agojust add sucralose

Xylitol will recrystallize in pg. Dissolve in VG instead.

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by Phatpharm269over 7 years ago

I have noticed this, although I thought it was due to supersaturation in warm solvent.

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by Kewkewmoreover 7 years agojust add sucralose

Yeah xylitol and erythritol play much nicer with VG.

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by TDVapesover 7 years ago

Think it might take "Vooping" to a whole new level...

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by Thecerbover 7 years ago

not to hijack your thread but what is wrong with Sucralose?

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by juthincover 7 years ago

It kills coils.

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by Thecerbover 7 years ago

oh ok, i was just making sure it wasn't like a health thing lol.

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by znaprover 7 years ago

Xylitol, just like erythritol is a sugar alcohol. You what else we use in vaping that's a sugar alcohol? VG!!! This means they're all relatively equally hazardous. This also means that they have approximately the same level of sweetness. Using erythritol or xylitol in e-juice as a sweetener is pointless as they're not any sweeter than pure VG.

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by Phatpharm269over 7 years ago

VG is only 0.4 on the index according to sources. Xylitol is far lower than sucralose tho, but higher than VG

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by znaprover 7 years ago

Index of what? :D

As I said they're all sugar alcohols and about the same order of magnitude of sweetness. Meaning if you were to compare relative sweetness, VG, Xylitol, Erythritol fall in the range between 0 and 1. Sucralose on the other hand is somewhere close to 400 or 500.

So 1 drop of sucralose is at least 400 times sweeter than 1 drop any of these.

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by Phatpharm269over 7 years ago

Xylitol is 2.3x sweeter than VG, but yes it's much smaller margin than synthetic sugars which I refuse to use.

Edit: I do have a half pound of stevia leaf though, may work on a PG extraction and test it out.