As someone who has purchased bags of xylitol and added them to lemonade, tea, etc.: It's because it tastes bad. Odd that any sugar could taste bad, but it's tr

As someone who has purchased bags of xylitol and added them to lemonade, tea, etc.: It's because it tastes bad. Odd that any sugar could taste bad, but it's true. It's not _that_ expensive, but normal sugar is so cheap (not to mention HFCS, which has got to be even cheaper) that price is still a plausible issue. But more likely, the taste preferences of Americans is just so sweet that we can't appreciate xylitol as a sweetener.