Chicza - The worlds first Organic Rainforest
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Chicza's natural taste aims to capture the essence of fresh and wild fruits, herbs and spices, and that original gummy and chewy consistence that only natural gum can give.
We Stock All five Great flavours that are presently available (with more on the horizon) wild mint, mexican lime, spearmint, cinnamon
and mixed berry.
We Stock All five Great flavours that are presently available (with more on the horizon) wild mint, mexican lime, spearmint, cinnamon
and mixed berry.
* 100% Certified Organic Chewing Gum from the chicle tree
* 100% Biodegradable
* for each packet of chiza sold new trees are planted in the Mexican Rainforest!
* Fully Sustainable
* Aspartame free
* Traded fairly by Supporting the small Chicalero families in the Rainforest
* 100% Biodegradable
* for each packet of chiza sold new trees are planted in the Mexican Rainforest!
* Fully Sustainable
* Aspartame free
* Traded fairly by Supporting the small Chicalero families in the Rainforest
Ingredients
Powdered organic evaporated cane juice (37%), organic chicle gum base (35%), Calcium carbonate, organic glucose (24%), organic agave syrup (3%), organic natural flavours.
Dietary
Dairy free, Gluten free, Organic, Vegan, Vegetarian, Wheat free
Allergens Celery free, Egg free, Lupin free, Milk free, Mustard free, Sesame seed free, Soybean free, Sulphur dioxide free
0% additives 0% magnesium stearate 0% chemicals 100% Vegan 100% 100% traditional
Powdered organic evaporated cane juice (37%), organic chicle gum base (35%), Calcium carbonate, organic glucose (24%), organic agave syrup (3%), organic natural flavours.
Dietary
Dairy free, Gluten free, Organic, Vegan, Vegetarian, Wheat free
Allergens Celery free, Egg free, Lupin free, Milk free, Mustard free, Sesame seed free, Soybean free, Sulphur dioxide free
0% additives 0% magnesium stearate 0% chemicals 100% Vegan 100% 100% traditional
A Magical Mayan Masterpiece!
What is Chicza?
Chicza Organic Rainforest Gum is exactly what it sounds like: gum that comes from the chicle tree found in the Mayan rainforest. The chicle tree is just one of many tropical trees in the world that produces its own type of elastic rubber, which is made by boiling the sap from the tree into a thick paste. Once cooled the rubber is an organic and eco-friendly alternative to the synthetic and non-biodegradable rubber known as polyisobutylene which is used to make the inner tubes of tires used in most gum today!
The people of the Mayan rainforest in Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula, known as chicleros, have been sustaining the natural resources of the rainforest for over a century. About 2,000 chicleros live in an area of rainforest about 1.3 million hectares wide. These Mayan people have survived political control to become an independent community, so to help build up the economy they decided to manufacture the Chicza gum. Not only did they want to prove that they could survive as a people, but they also wanted to show that gum could be 100% natural and waste-free!
For every packet of chicza purchased, the chicelero people sustain the rainforest and plant more trees, you will be helping keep the Mexican Rainforest alive from the surrounding deforestation!
A chicle Tree can be harvested for its sap for many years making the gum very sustainable indeed
