Bringing you Mastiha from the island of Chios
100% Pure & Natural
Available in Rock and Powder forms
With it’s distinct flavour, health benefits and wide variety of uses - MYSTIKA is a superfood like no other.
Chios Mastiha is the little known superfood from the island of Chios in the Aegean Sea. Known as the tears of the Gods, we invite you to taste Greece’s best known secret which has been revered since the times of Herodotus.
MASTIHA is the natural resin which grows off a specific tree in Chios. The ancient and delicate process of preparing the trees and collecting the mastiha is passed down from generation to generation. We bring you the purest and best mastiha which Chios has to offer - without preservatives, without GMOs or additives and without chemicals being used in the preparation process.
Chios Mastiha or Mastic
“Μαστίχα Χίου”
“مستكا خيوس”
Mastiha (μαστιχα) is the all natural ancient superfood which is only found on the island of Chios in Greece. Mastiha is usually produced as “tears” which is the solidified resin of the pistacia lentiscus var. Chia shrub. Specialist farmers prepare the shrubs over a decade in order to get them to yield any mastiha and even then it’s not always successful as there are many factors that must be “perfect” for the best quality mastiha.
It has been consumed for over 2,500 years and is valued for its health and nutritional properties.
MYSTIKA brings this ancient condiment to you.
100% Pure Chios Mastiha
MYSTIKA only uses Mastiha from the island of Chios - with it’s distinct flavour and confirmed nutritional benefits - it is world renowed as the Greek superfood.
Chios Mastiha has been identified as a “Protected Designation of Origin product (PDO)”.
Only Mastiha from Chios has been granted this designation as it’s unique nutritional and therapeutic benefits are exclusive to island of Chios and not available anywhere else.
Only Chios Mastiha has been confirmed to have unique health, nutritional and therapeutic benefits
Benefits
Chios Mastiha has a number of unique properties and benefits:
Kills mouth bacteria and improves oral hygiene.
Reduces IBD symptoms - specifically when it comes to Crohn’s disease.
Reduces symptoms of indigestion such as stomach pain, heartburn, and dull upper-stomach ache.
Lowers cholesterol.
The intricate and time consuming method of producing Mastiha is passed down from generation to generation in Mastichochoria (the mastiha villages)
Mastiha only comes from the lentisk shrubs in Southern Chios
Although this shrub which over years is reared into the shape of a tree grows elsewhere in the Mediterranean - it’s only in Chios that the trees weep this clear resin known as mastiha.
Incisions are cut into the trees over a decade which eventually causes them to weep mastiha
This is the most important and delicate part of the process. So much work goes into preparing a tree to yield mastiha and if the soil and wind conditions are not ideal - there will be no mastiha produced.
After a thorough cleaning process (without chemicals), the resin solidifies into opaque, ivory rocks
These tears are 100% pure and has a wide range of uses.
Versatile
MYSTIKA has a range of uses and has been used in traditional Greek and Arabic recipes for centuries. It’s used in many ingredients - both in rock and powder forms. It’s one of the most unique and ancient ingredients from the Mediterranean.
Chios Mastiha is a PDO product
Since 1997, Chios mastiha has been identified as Protected Designation of Origin product ( PDO ), subject to No.123/1997 Regulation ( L0224/24-1-97 ) of European Union and has been registered in the relevant community list of the PDO products. All such products bear this mark.