Chios Mastiha Pack 25gr (0.88oz) Medium Tears Gum 100% Pure Mastic Gum From Mastic Growers Fresh

Let the gum sit in your cheek for several minutes to warm and soften before chewing. If you do not, it will powderize in your mouth and taste very bad whilst becoming stuck in the pits of your teeth.Once the gum is softened, you can chew it gently to pack it all together and it turns into a similar consistency to any other chewing gum, but much tougher.The gum tastes similar to Pine and maintains its taste and consistency for close to a week of regular use on the same piece. It will slowly lose its white color the longer you chew it, and when it starts to crumble while chewing you should discard for a new piece.Being mindful of warming up and compressing the gum prior to chewing I have had no issues of the gum tearing out fillings, breaking teeth or becoming too stuck to get out.This product is more affordable than other synthetic tough gum options and you can reuse a single piece for several days before switching, making the small pack last a lot longer than expected.

I use mastic gum for violin varnishes and I chew it for its flavor and benefits to my stomach. I've used other brands with great success and decided to try this brand, but was very disappointed.For varnishes, I dissolve it in alcohol and allow the impurities to settle out of solution before pouring off the clear and pure solution to blend into varnish. This brand contains nearly 4x the amount of impurities as other brands, leaving a significant layer of slimy and discolored waste at the bottom. It also seems poorly refined, as the varnish I made using this brand kept a soft, almost rubbery feel after being fully cured, when other brands do not. It didn't ruin the finish, but it will require a harder finish over top of it. The raw tears are much softer than other brands and I should have considered this a red flag.For chewing, this brands flavor is off as well. It has a bitterness that's not present in other brands and it has a much more soft and sticky consistency, making it unpleasant to chew. Couple that with the visible impurities like dark colored debris and discolored tears, and I have no desire to chew it.I would definitely reccomend that the manufacturer either lower its price, or incorporate a better refinement method/find a better source. There are much better brands for the same price. I'll be sticking with the stuff in the brown pouch from now on.

I had GERD and tested positive for h.pylori a few years ago. The triple coctail of antibiotics only made it worse. Stomach acid reducers provided only temporary relief. Then, I used mastic gum capsules by Jarrow Formulas and various brands of probiotics to treat my stomach issues as a last resort, and it worked amazingly well. Recently, my stomach has been more acidic than normal, probably due to stress. I searched for mastic gum capsules by Jarrow Formulas but couldn't find it on amazon or anywhere. So I bought this product a month ago. It arrived on time, and the quality is very good (I am from Turkey so I am familiar with mastic gum). The scent and color are on point. I smash this product, turn it into coarse dust, mix 1/8 teaspoons of it in the water and drink it in the morning on empty stomach (I am sort of imitating the dosage and form of the mastic gum capsules by Jarrow Formulas but it is even better because I freshly grind them). I started seeing results after a few days of using it. I have been using it for a month now and my stomach is healthy again, acid problems are gone. I still want to use it for another month (because this is what I did in the past with Jarrow Formulas and it had worked so well) so I am ordering it again today. I hope this comment finds you and helps you with your stomach problems. As a side note, I ditched probiotic capsules and switched to kefir, which is a yogurt drink that contains live probiotic cultures. It is way better, in my experience so far. As a second side note, don't be fooled by the negative reviews. As far as I read them, they just did not know how to use the product. This product is not a regular gum, some pieces are hard to chew and other are too sticky because that is what mastic gum is! Just so you know if you decide to chew it. In conclusion, this product helped me so well. I hope it does to you, too.

I enjoy the taste..The bigger pieces are best, if I order these again I'd get the large size.I hurts my jaw after a while but, it's nice that it's reusable and natural.

I bought a pack about a month ago. Loved it, taste is weird at first but I’ve come to enjoy it. Decided to get another pack and when it came in it was melted. I was home when it was delivered so it wasn’t left out. Not sure whether to blame the manufacturer or Amazon but my finger was sticky for 3 hours after trying to salvage it. Even after I froze it, it was still unusable. Amazon also wouldn’t reimburse me so had to eat $16. Oh well, I’ll be trying a different brand and hope for better packaging.