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  2. Naswar - Wikipedia

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    Nas: tobacco, ash, cotton or sesame oil, water, and sometimes gum. [9] Naswar: tobacco, slaked lime, indigo, cardamom, oil, menthol, water. Naswār is made from sun and heat-dried tobacco leaves. These are added to slaked lime, ash from tree bark, and flavoring and coloring agents are mixed together. Water is added and the mixture is rolled ...

  3. Gum arabic - Wikipedia

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    Gum arabic (gum acacia, gum sudani, Senegal gum and by other names [a]) is a tree gum exuded by two species of Acacia sensu lato, Senegalia senegal [2] and Vachellia seyal. However, the term "gum arabic" does not actually indicate a particular botanical source. [ 1 ]

  4. Gandour - Wikipedia

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    Gandour is widely regarded as the first chocolate and chewing gum manufacturer in Saudi Arabia. [ 4 ] Currently, Gandour has manufacturing facilities in Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Lebanon, and India, and serves the area of the Middle East , North Africa and Southeast Asia .

  5. Islamic dietary laws - Wikipedia

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    Halal butcher shop in Shanghai, China. In Islamic law, dhabīḥah (Arabic: ذَبِيحَة) is the prescribed method of slaughter for halal animals. It consists of a swift, deep incision to the throat with a very sharp knife, cutting the wind pipe, jugular veins and carotid arteries on both sides but leaving the spinal cord intact.

  6. Natural gum - Wikipedia

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    Humans have used natural gums for various purposes, including chewing and the manufacturing of a wide range of products – such as varnish and lacquerware.Before the invention of synthetic equivalents, trade in gum formed part of the economy in places such as the Arabian peninsula (whence the name "gum arabic"), West Africa, [3] East Africa and northern New Zealand ().

  7. Betel nut chewing - Wikipedia

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    It is the Bengali 'chewing gum', and usually for chewing, a few slices of the betel nut are wrapped in a betel leaf, almost always with sliced areca nuts and often with calcium hydroxide (slaked lime), and may include cinnamon, clove, cardamom, catechu (khoyer), grated coconut and other spices for extra flavouring.

  8. Food and drink prohibitions - Wikipedia

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    A chewing gum sales ban has been in place since 1992 in Singapore. It is currently not illegal to chew gum in Singapore, merely to import it and sell it, with certain exceptions. [22] Since 2004, an exception has existed for therapeutic, dental, and nicotine chewing gum, [23] which can be bought from a doctor or registered pharmacist. [24]

  9. Chewing gum - Wikipedia

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    Chewing gum is a soft, cohesive substance designed to be chewed without being swallowed. Modern chewing gum is composed of gum base, sweeteners, softeners/plasticizers, flavors, colors, and, typically, a hard or powdered polyol coating. [1]