Description
Chewing mastic is a chewable tears, gum product used to give a pleasant breath.
Mastiha is a natural form of Pistacia lentiscus var. Chia, a tree that grows only on the Aegean island of Chios, Greece, with many beneficial properties that have been used since ancient times.
- Gluten-free
- Medium-sized tears
Uses:
- Can be chewed as a gum on its own. Mastic was used as the world’s first chewing gum!
- As a powder. Crushed in a jar, use as a condiment in bread, biscuits, ice cream, yoghurt or in sauces such as panacotta.
- Add 50 g of mastic to 1 litre of water. Leave in the fridge overnight.
Interesting observation: the harder the mastic is frozen, the easier it is to grind it into a powder and it does not stick!
Ingredients: pieces of mastic pistachio (Pistacia lentiscus) resin.
Nutritional value | 100 g |
Energy value | 1544 kJ/365 kcal |
Fat | 0 g |
– of which saturates | 0 g |
Carbohydrates | 83 g |
– of which sugars | 0 g |
Fibrous matter | 16 g |
Protein | 0,15 g |
Salt | 0 g |
Net content: 50 g