How much mastic gum per serving? Reading the nutrient line
A mastic gum serving in the trial the researchers ran was 350 mg, three times daily for three weeks. That's the number to hold onto, because the front of most bottles describes the whole blend rather than the resin alone. Mastic gum is the resin of Pistacia lentiscus, grown on the Greek island of Chios, and it shares a capsule with zinc L-carnosine, DGL licorice and L-glutamine in ours.
How much mastic gum per serving the trial used
Mastic gum has a head-to-head trial behind it. In 148 adults with Rome II functional dyspepsia, a 350 mg dose taken 3 times daily across a 21 day period produced symptom scores of 14.78 against 19.96 on placebo, and 77 percent of the treated group reported global improvement against 40 percent on placebo. That dose, that frequency, that duration. Those details are the comparison anchor, and a bottle that doesn't let you approach them in a serving is not the same product.
Compound weight is not ingredient weight
Minerals and plant extracts both get listed as compounds. A capsule might say 500 mg of a zinc carnosine blend, and the resin inside that blend could be a fraction of it. Read the Supplement Facts panel and look for the line that names it specifically. If it isn't broken out, ask. The front of the bottle is marketing, and the panel is the specification.
What our serving actually delivers
Our zinc carnosine and mastic gum capsules run two per day as the stated serving, 120 capsules to a bottle, which is a 60 day supply at 2 per day. The formula contains zinc L-carnosine, mastic gum, DGL licorice and L-glutamine together, so the resin share is a portion of the whole blend rather than a standalone 350 mg. That's a deliberate design choice for a formula aimed at daily gut comfort rather than a single-ingredient trial replication, and it's worth knowing before you compare it against a single-ingredient capsule.
A realistic test window
Three weeks was the trial length, and that's the shortest run I'd give any gut-focused formula. I travel for work twice a month on average, and airport food is the situation where I notice my gut most. I started taking the capsules at breakfast on travel days rather than trying to remember them mid-flight, and I kept the same habit for six weeks before forming any opinion. Six weeks is longer than the trial, and it covers enough ordinary disruption, including a late dinner and two early flights, to be a fair test.
There's a limit worth stating plainly. Gut formulas are assessed over weeks, and a single serving won't produce a result you can point to. If you want a strict replication of the researched protocol, a standalone capsule is the closer match. Our formula is the combination route, and I'd rather say that than imply otherwise.
A hard shell capsule holds roughly 500 mg of fill at most, so one large ingredient plus a few others needs more than one capsule per serving. That arithmetic is why combination formulas state two capsules rather than one, and why a 120 count bottle runs 60 days instead of 120.
Worth saying too, a whole-food gut formula is not the place to chase the biggest possible number on the label. The blend has to fit, and the fill has a ceiling.
Find the line on the panel, note the serving size, and set a minimum window before you judge it.
Frequently asked questions
How much mastic gum per serving should I look for?Show answerHide answer
The trial that measured it used 350 mg three times daily, so check the mastic line on the Supplement Facts panel rather than the blend weight.
Does a bigger number mean a stronger product?Show answerHide answer
Not necessarily, because a larger compound or blend weight can carry less of the mastic resin itself.
Where is the mastic amount printed?Show answerHide answer
On the Supplement Facts panel, listed per serving, which is two capsules daily for our formula.
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