Cerez Pazari Natural Mastic Gum, Greek Chios Pure Resin, Sugarless Gum Made From Resin Of Mastiha Trees, Jaw Exerciser, Vegan, Non-GMO, 0.88 oz.

Edit 3/6/25: Considering I am in a 7-week botanical course currently with a famous herbalist & acupuncturist citing how Mastic was mentioned by historical figures, like Dioscaredes (books available here on Amazon & elsewhere), I decided to up this from 3 to 5 stars while I reading monographs on Mastic. I have been using tiny broken off pieces of the "teardrop" resin every day. Even citing some jaw issues below, I am enjoying this. I can not speak for long-term benefits yet. I recommend you do your own research on resin medicine, like Mastic. Considering this is chewed, it is considered generally safe for MOST people & can help support oral/GI issues & general health for MOST people. Not everyone will like this & some may have issues or bad reactions to this or any other product they try.Original review:3 stars for now. I might come back over time to edit if I see benefits or not.I recently saw some YouTube folks & articles discussing this for various issues & how it might help them. I decided to try it. I missed that it was a 25-gram package for less than $15. So the size surprised me right away.I do have some jaw issues, so I wasn't sure how great this would be for me, since I'm really not supposed to chew gum in the first place.I do enjoy a lot of pine-spruce-evergreen herbal teas & such, so I was intrigued if this would be a good flavor or maybe soapy or just a flat-out no.The piece I showed in my hand was easily broken off to try a small sliver. It was "just plain" at first, but then the slightly resinous pine flavor kicked in as I started to chew. For me, it is quite nice. I like it. I'm sure the flavor is not for everyone. This definitely should not be purchased on a "breath freshener" status alone.I was hoping that this would have some cross-over benefits like evergreen herbals do & maybe help a bit to strengthen my jaw muscles.As I type this up, it is getting a bit more difficult to chew. Reminds me of decades ago chewing gum in school & it just being quite rough after a few hours. My order was only delivered about 30 min ago, so there's no way this would last very long.In closing, I wanted to give this a whirl for my own issues I deal with daily & decide for myself it would be worth continuing to purchase in the future for long-term & occasional use.

I bought 6 different non-plastic gums on Amazon. This one was the worst. The taste is awful (2 of my kids spit it out) and it's hard. Once you get it going, it's similar to chewing hard wax. The other 5 gums were different degrees of better.

First, taste is subjective but if you're looking at this gum you're probably not here for the taste anyway. IMO it's fine. Not good tasting but not bad. Second, refrigerator storage may help if they're melted together but otherwise, it's not necessary. The best way to begin chewing without it sticking to your teeth is to let it soften a bit in your mouth, then slowly and softly chew, roughly shaping it until it warms up and becomes chewable.Third, I get the value for how much come in the package but after chewing on a piece for a few hours my jaw needs a rest. It's a workout so unless you have a chiseled jaw, you're probably not going to want to chew this all day long. And because no one is chewing this for the flavor, there's no need to use multiple pieces a day. Indeed, I have let my gum dry out, put it in a container and chewed it again a few days later. No change in consistency or flavor.

“Far left piece of normal gum used as a reference for size”.Note you must place this mastic gum In your lip like chewing tobacco for a minute or so until the gum becomes hard. Once hard you can chew and it does not get stuck to your teeth. If you do not do this step you will have this gum stuck to every tooth, filling, and crevice in your mouth.Also, note this product has a very unique taste and does not taste particularly good. This gum is to strengthen your jaw not to taste good.If you are truly interested in strengthening your jaw this will help but if you cannot take the bad taste this product will not be for you.Non returnable which makes sense since you need to break the seal to open.

A little surprised what a small package this is and the individual gum pieces are small. Chewing is as advertised.

Looks like a lot of the one stars are related to the tear drops being melted together and tasting bad, gets stuck to teeth, etc. i read the description pretty thoroughly before I purchased. Mine also arrived melted together. Then I remembered, as stated in the description, to put in the fridge for an hour before eating. I did just that and then all the pieces shattered into perfectly sized drops again. The taste was a little surprising at first, but as you begin chewing it eventually turns into a nice subtle pine taste. For those who got it stuck to their teeth, it also states in the product details to let the gum soften in your mouth before you begin chewing. Every bad review except for people not liking the taste is genuine user error

Sorry I don't usually leave negative reviews, but this "gum" tastes terrible, is very hard, and I guess I didn't get that impression from the advertisement. I won't be purchasing this again.

Flavor is interesting and I like that aspect of it, but the gum itself isn’t terribly firm, and the package is actually quite tiny. Save yourself the money and skip this one if you’re looking for a jaw workout