Danisco announces new LCA results of new xylitol brand

Danisco has announced the results of a xylitol life cycle assessment (LCA), an independent study into the environmental impact delivered from 1000 kg of crystalline xylitol manufactured using the Danisco Wood Based concept (DWB) and the equivalent using the biomass hydrolysis concept (BHP) using corn cobs as the raw material.

According to the LCA result, the DWB concept produces as little as 1-16% of the environmental impact associated with the competitive biomass hydrolysis process based production method using corn cobs as raw material (BHP).

The company also unveiled Xivia as the xylitol manufactured through the DWB concept.

"The LCA results clearly indicate that Xivia is a far more sustainable sugar substitute than xylitol produced using corn cobs."

"The environmental impacts associated with xylitol production using corn cob and the biomass concept are significantly worse for all of the 15 environmental impact categories analyzed in the study," says James Dedman, business director, Polyols at Danisco.

"The study also concludes that the superior environmental performance of the DWB concept cannot simply be attributed to the use of the wood pulp side stream as raw material."