gelatin and ice cream also the liquid food product containing xylitol and dextrose may be provided to recreational and professional athletes children and adults as a sports drink as discussed above the addition of xylitol to these food stuffs for infants children and adults may reduce or eliminate tooth decay in this age group without necessitating any change in eating habits or oral hygiene dextrose maintains an acceptable flavor profile referring now to fig1 xylitol may be provided to infants prior to putting the infant to bed to this end a baby bottle 10 may be filled with liquid food product 12 the liquid food product contains xylitol and dextrose dissolved in the liquid the liquid food product 12 may have any formulation of the aqueous xylitol product disclosed herein or any liquid foodstuff with less than 5 wt xylitol and less than 5 wt dextrose with the weight percent of dextrose being about equal to or less than the weight percent of xylitol also the liquid food product may be flavored with different fruits flavors a protective seal 14 is placed over the opening 16 and may be peeled off by pulling on the tab 18 the baby bottle 10 may be a standard baby bottle 10 that can fit any one of a plurality of baby bottle nipple covers 20 a parent may purchase one or more of the baby bottles 10 with liquid food product 12 disposed inside before the infant is put to bed the parent may feed the baby the liquid food product 12 the parent will peel off the protective seal 14 by pulling.