Falim 100 Pieces Mastic Flavoured Sugar Free Chewing Gum-Damla Sakizli- Jawline Chewing Gum

This gum has almost no flavor. Translated from Turkish it’s “Drop Gum” flavored. It has a resin like flavor that is subtle. This gum is a good workout to chew. It’s not ridiculously hard, but somewhere between salt water taffy and normal chewing gum. Which is what I was personally looking for and I am very satisfied. The lack of flavor is a positive. Now I don’t need to worry about the extreme peppermint flavor of my gum when drinking or eating food. I have been chewing my first piece out of the box for 3 hours now. The texture has held up well, softening up slightly as it has been worked. The flavor is still there slightly but as others have stated it just tastes like gum that lost its flavor hours ago. If you chew gum for flavor, this gum is not for you. If you chew gum to exercise your face or to keep your mouth occupied. This is 100% the product for you. This 100 piece pack should last me a month or 2 but I will be buying again.

This gum literally lasts all day. No real flavor but I’ve grown to love it, as it’s not only good on your teeth, but you can literally feel your jaw strengthening.

The feel of this gum is hard to describe. It has the texture and flavor intensity of a piece of gum you’ve been chewing for a long time - it’s kind of rubbery and dense with a very faint flavor. While it’s definitely not “normal” for someone used to American gum (as I am), the taste can be acquired if you want to like it. I’ve been addicted to sugar-free gum for years, and have grown more and more sensitive to sorbitol and xylitol, so I had to find another option. I didn’t want anything with sugar, but couldn’t find an artificial sweetener that agreed with my stomach. Even the “organic” varieties upset my stomach, not to mention that they’re way too expensive to chew regularly, and the flavor goes away in less time than normal gum. So Falim was the perfect solution - it’s affordable through Amazon, 0 calories, sugar free, and has no artificial sweeteners. In fact, mastic gum is supposed to be good for the teeth (unlike sugar) and good for the stomach (a stark contrast to sorbitol). It takes a little time to acquire the taste, but I was/am willing. Each piece of Falim lasts a lot longer than normal American gum because American gum is chewy and flavorful initially, which makes you want to spit it out and get a new piece when it gets rubbery and loses its flavor. With Falim, it’s rubbery and only faintly flavored from the very beginning, so spitting it out and getting a new piece won’t change anything. That may sound strange, but there’s a steadiness to Falim that’s kind of nice in comparison to the roller coaster experience of American gum. Regarding the flavors: I ordered pretty much all of the flavors - plain, mint, forest fruits, mixed fruit, and strawberry. I thought I’d prefer the mint flavor (since Trident spearmint gum is my long-time favorite), but the “mint” is not really “mint” - it is what I would think of as “plain” gum. I would describe the various flavors from an American perspective as follows: -Mint Falim= plain/unflavored/pure plastic -Plain Falim = hint of oregano-like herb (I have never had mastic gum before, so I don’t know if that herby mix is the natural flavor of mastic gum) -Forest fruits Falim = hint of Berry Burst (the flavor of Wrigley’s Extra) -Mixed fruit Falim = hint of Banana Laffy Taffy -Strawberry Falim = hint of freeze-dried strawberry flavor (including the freeze-dried aftertaste) All of the flavors are worth trying except for mint, which is just too blah. I hated the “plain” at first (it’s definitely unlike any American gum flavor), but now it’s my favorite - the others remind me of American gum enough that I find myself wanting to spit it out and get a fresh piece of full-flavored American gum. The “plain” flavor is very clearly it’s own thing so I can chew it for a long time without the same craving. Regarding the nutritional content: This was the biggest concern for me when I first purchased the gum, because I had trouble finding the label to verify that the gum lacks calories and sugar. Each individually wrapped piece (or each 5-pack when you buy the sets of 5-packs) actually has the ingredients and nutrition content printed on it, although the information is in really small font and in Turkish. I put it into Google Translate to confirm that 100g (way more than 1 piece) has 0 calories, 0g of fat, 0 carbs, and 0g of sugar. Regarding the 20 x 5-pack v. individually wrapped: The individually wrapped pieces are slightly larger than the pieces in the 5-packs. Also, since the gum expands when you chew it, the internal wrappers around each separate piece in the 5-packs are not big enough to hold your gum when you spit it out. The individual wrappers (when you buy 100 individually wrapped) are big enough to hold the gum; in fact, each individually wrapped piece is covered in 2 layers: an internal wrapper (slightly larger than that covering the pieces from the 5-pack), and an external wrapper (which is shown in the photos). This comes in handy if you want to chew 1/2 piece at a time. I only buy the individually wrapped variety now, as I much prefer that size and wrapper.

Works as listed, the gums stays hard for a long time with no inherent taste, and when it gets soft you can sip on water to re-activate it.

Since I've heard this version described as "original/unflavored" (and I chew normal gum until long after it loses its flavor) I was expecting this gum to be a little bland. But while the "volume" of the flavor isn't as intense as you get out of typical mint/cinnamon gums, it is a flavor that is distinct, unavoidable, and clinging. You know how a Cost Plus World Market smells? That cloying combination of dusty imported wicker furniture, Middle Eastern spices, and stale incense smoke? That's what this gum tastes like. The flavor is strong enough that the smell hit me as soon as I opened the shipping envelope; after about 20 minutes of chewing, the intensity had faded a little, but I had the unpleasant sensation that this was only because the smell of the gum was now surrounding me like a cloud, masking the actual taste. This is the only time I've ever had to brush my teeth after chewing a piece of gum. It's a pity, too, because the texture of the gum is nice, a lot firmer than most. I kind of want to try another flavor, but the taste of this one was so offputting that I'm not sure I'll be able to get up the courage (what if the mint turns out to taste like Minty Pier 1??) and the fact that the individual wrappings are plastic (that's a lot of non-biodegradable packaging in a 100-pack) is probably the final dealbreaker for me.

I use the gum to train my jawline and it’s firm enough to give you a nice jaw workout but does have a bit of a earthy taste which I didn’t like at first but after a couple days I’ve gotten more use to the flavour

Great hard gums, i am also an fan of neutral tasting gums, perfect for me.

Definitely has a weird taste but it’s not bad and is good and hard, just how i like it

The flavor is not that bad , it’s pretty firm and great for the jaw

The box was smashed,inside found some opened or halved chewing gums