“…With the diminishing fossil resources and global warming, the utilization of renewable biomass to produce fuels, value‐added chemicals, biomaterials, and prebiotics has attracted great attention. [ 1‐7 ] Sugar alcohols—xylitol, arabitol, and sorbitol, are derived from lignocellulose, which are listed as the 12 most important target chemicals by the US Department of Energy. [ 8 ] Sugar alcohols are the components widely applied in sweets, ice cream fillings, hard candies, sugar‐free chewing gum, moisturizer, softener, and texturizer in food and medical industries.…”