Xylitol

Drug ingredient

CAS 87-99-0

Companies reported imports and no US production of this drug ingredient to EPA for 2019.

US productionZero

Import value, 2024$78M

Import volume2.1K lb

Import dependency100%

Top sourceChina 68%

Production is reported production, not a complete census of factories. Production reporting year: 2019. Import value and source-country shares describe a shared customs category, not a separate chemical measurement.

Xylitol · US import value by year

2013: $36M · Peak 2021: $157M · 2024: $78M · 2025: $63M

Where It Comes From

Customs basis: HS 290549 · basket

EPA reports by year

2019: US production Zero · Imports 2.1K lb

These shares come from HS customs code 290549, which covers 12 tracked chemicals in total. They estimate the category's origin mix, not this chemical specifically.

Source Countries

Country of origin for US imports, from Census customs data (2024).

CN 68%ChinaIT 16%ItalyFI 7%FinlandIN 4%IndiaDE 4%Germany

Japan
Canada
Switzerland
Malaysia
Netherlands
United Kingdom
Mexico
Taiwan
Singapore
Slovakia

EPA-registered importers (1)

Companies that report making or importing this chemical to the EPA. Registration is US-centric and does not indicate import origin.

Roquette America

4 FDA-registered drug labelers

BioActive Nutritional, Inc

Energique, Inc.

Supplement Clinic, LLC.

TOOTHFILM INC.

Why It Matters

Sectors

Health

Downstream Uses

Appears in 11 drug and cosmetic product listings (FDA).

•Chemstat
•Kids Oral Care Vanilla Flavor
•Kids Oral Care Flavor Free
•Chemtox
•Kids Oral Care Grape Flavor
•Kids Oral Care Strawberry Flavor
•Kids Oral Care Watermelon Flavor
•Hepatatox

Show all 11

•Lipotox
•Homeoplex D
•Kids Oral Care Peach Flavor

FDA Shortage Status

Whether any manufacturer currently reports this drug as in shortage on the FDA Drug Shortages database. "Active Shortage" means at least one presentation has status "current."

No FDA shortage records

Vendor Pricing

$0.01/gAaron Chemicals LLC

CountryHong Kong

Pack$7.00 / 500 g

Purity99%

Vendors14 available

Prices reflect listed pack sizes. Small research packs run far above bulk rates.

13 more vendors

Vendor	Country	$/g	Pack	Purity
Angene Chemical	China → Hong Kong	$0.02	500 g	99%
A2B Chem LLC	United States	$0.04	1 kg	98%
AA BLOCKS	United States	$0.04	5 kg	98%
Angene International Limited	United States	$0.18	500 g	95%
Chemscene	United States	$2.32	100 g	—
Fluorochem EU	Germany	$2.83	100 g	97%
MedChemExpress MCE	Sweden	$6.99	50 g	99.92%
A2B Chem LLC (2 weeks)	United States	$7.20	5 g	98%
AA BLOCKS (2 weeks)	United States	$10.00	5 g	98%
TargetMol Chemicals	China → United States	$29.00	1 g	99.85%
ChemNorm	China	$600.00	20 mg	98%
ChemFaces	China	$1500.00	20 mg	98%
AstaTech (2 weeks)	United States	$9900.00	10 mg	95%

Chemical Identity

CAS87-99-0

PubChem CID6912

DTXSIDDTXSID7042514

FormulaC5H12O5

Mol. Weight152.15 g/mol

SMILESC(C(C(C(CO)O)O)O)O

Data Sources

EPA CompTox (DSSTox) · DTXSID7042514Retrieved 2026-04-06
PubChem · compound 6912Retrieved 2026-04-06
EPA Chemical Data ReportingReporting year: 2019 · Retrieved 2026-10-04
FDA National Drug Code directoryRetrieved 2026-04-07
US Census international tradeReporting year: 2024 · Retrieved 2026-10-04

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Brief citations

Xylitol (CAS 87-99-0) https://chemicalindependence.com/chemical/87-99-0/ EPA CompTox (DSSTox): DTXSID7042514. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://comptox.epa.gov/dashboard/chemical/details/DTXSID7042514 PubChem: 6912. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/6912 EPA Chemical Data Reporting: 87-99-0. Reporting year: 2019. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting FDA National Drug Code directory: CAS 87-99-0. Retrieved 2026-04-07. https://open.fda.gov/data/ndc/ US Census international trade: HS 290549 for CAS 87-99-0. Reporting year: 2024. https://usatrade.census.gov/