what is mastic gum used for
Mastic gum is principally used either as a flavouring or for its gum properties, as in mastic chewing gum. As a spice, it continues to be used in Greece to flavour spirits and liquors (such as Chios's native drinks of Mastichato and mastica), chewing gum, and a number of cakes, pastries, spoon sweets, and desserts.istacia lentiscus (also mastic; Greek: Î¼Î±ÏÏÎ¯ÏÎ± mastikha) mastÃ­kha is a dioecious evergreen shrub or small tree of the pistacio genus growing up to 4 (m 13) ft tall which is cultivated for its aromatic, resin mainly on The greek island Of. chios