articles link to it . please introduce links to this page from related articles ; try the find link tool for suggestions . august 2012 daintee ltd. industry confectionery food & beverage founded 1984 headquarters ratmalana sri lanka website official website daintee is a company based in sri lanka that produces confectionery and other food products . it is the market leader in confectionery in sri lanka . 1 contents 1 history 2 sugar free confectionery 3 certifications 4 awards 5 x tra tv programmes 6 references 7 external links history edit daintee limited was founded in 1984 and daintee foods limited in 1996 with the aim of providing the sri lankan market with new and improved quality sugar confectionery products . the companies now produce a very large product range consisting of over 75 products such as candies toffees jellies chocolates gum desserts biscuits sugar free confectionery snacks breakfast cereals 2 teas and noodles . these are marketed in sri lanka as well as several other countries under brand names such as daintee milady bensons chito x tra mr bitz longlive and denmi . some of the products are noted for their health benefits especially for diabetics . 3 sugar free confectionery edit in 2010 daintee launched a range of sugar free confectionery under the brand name longlive . the products contain xylitol a premium sugar substitute that has been recommended as promoting dental health . 4 xylitol is a type of carbohydrate c5h12o5 that is naturally found in many plants and animals including those that are part of the human diet . for example it is found in mushrooms sweet corn berries cauliflower . 5 no matter what we eat 5 15g is made in our bodies every day during normal metabolism . 6 xylitol has a very low glycemic index of 13 compared to glucose which has an index of 100 . 7 xylitol is also low in calories sugar has 4kcal g whereas xylitol has just 2.4 kcal g. 8 xylitol is also able to reduce the risk of dental caries tooth decay . 9 for example during a study in finland over 100 young adults were either given chewing gum made with sucrose sugar gum or xylitol . the people who ate sucrose gum had nearly three times as many decayed missing or filled teeth than the people who ate xylitol gum . 10 a recent review article by professor r.l. wijeyeweera bds ph.d. former dean faculty of dental sciences and currently professor in paedodontics university of peradeniya published in the sri lankan dental journal clearly highlights the benefits of chewing gum containing xylitol . 11 certifications edit daintee is the only sri lankan confectionery company to have been awarded the iso 9001 2008 accreditation 12 which is internationally certified as well as the sls mark from the sri lanka standards institution . 13 awards edit daintee 40 grain flakes a cereal with green gram and kurakkan was awarded most innovative product and best product with local materials by the sri lanka food processors association at pro foods 2009 . 14 daintee kurakkan crunch won awards in 2007 . 15 x tra tv programmes edit the daintee x tra t.v. programmes are very popular singing contests . the first series was daintee lamatharu 16 which gave children from all over the country a unique opportunity to compete on the national stage . the 40 programmes gave a chance for citizens over 40 to showcase their singing talents . 17 references edit sunday observer article http www.sundayobserver.lk 2010 04 11 fin06.asp business times article http sundaytimes.lk 100411 businesstimes bt33.htm article in the island newspaper http www.island.lk 2009 08 22 business9.html sunday times article on healthy oral care habits for your daily routine http sundaytimes.lk 100516 mediscene mediscene 2.html hollenbeck k. sugars and sweeteners published by crc press inc in 1991 pp134 135 m kinen k. history safety and dental properties of xylitol http www.globalsweet.com merchant2 merchant.mvc screen xym1 livesey g 2003 . health potential of polyols as sugar replacers with emphasis on low glycaemic properties . nutrition research reviews . 16 2 163 91 . doi 10.1079 nrr200371 . position of the american dietetic association . journal of american dietetic association . 104 255 275 . policy on the use of xylitol in caries prevention adopted by the american academy of pediatric dentistry aapd in 2006 published by council on clinical affairs reference manual v31 no 6 09 10 . http www.aapd.org media policies guidelines p xylitol.pdf scheinin a. ; et al. 1975 . turku sugar studies xviii . acta odontologica scandinavica . 33 5 269 78 . doi 10.3109 00016357509004632 . pmid 1067728 . wijeyeweera r.l. 2010 . protective function of substitute sweetener xylitol in preventing tooth decay . sri lanka dental journal . 40 01 03 06 . sunday observer http www.sundayobserver.lk 2010 04 11 fin06.asp sri lanka standards institute http www.slsi.lk sri lanka food processors association http slfpa.org news.htm best product awards http daintee.com trophy.htm daintee lamatharu http daintee.com xtra lamatharu.htm xtra 40 http daintee.com xtra 40 . htm external links edit 1 daintee homepage 2 sri lanka food processors association retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title daintee & oldid 739710752 categories chocolate companiesconfectionery companiescompanies established in 1984food and drink companies of sri lanka1984 establishments in sri lankasri lankan brandshidden categories orphaned articles from august 2012all orphaned articlesuse dmy dates from january 2015engvarb from january 2015pages using infobox company with unsupported parameters navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 16 september 2016 at 13 31 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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