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Chewing gum built around nano-hydroxyapatite, the mineral your enamel is made of, for the hours between brushes. Xylitol instead of sugar, a base tapped from trees, and every ingredient named in full on the pack.

  • Sugar free
  • Plastic free
  • 30-day guarantee
  • Free shipping from 4 packs

Why this, not the usual

What ordinary gum doesn't do.

One mineral, and three differences you can taste or read.

97%of your tooth enamel is hydroxyapatite.

So that's what we put in the gum. Named in full on the front of the pack, not folded into a blend with a trademark on it.

  1. 01

    Twenty minutes, not ninety seconds.

    Chicle and mastic hold their texture. Ordinary gum gives up long before you're done with it.

  2. 02

    Two flavours, one recipe.

    Royal Mint is crisp, Cinna Mint is warm. Same base, same mineral, same 18 pieces either way.

  3. 03

    Nothing on the label you'd have to google.

    Xylitol instead of sugar. No aspartame. A gum base tapped from trees, not made in a reactor.

In their words

People who chew it.

4.9 from 127 reviews

  • Steph M.
    I'm a three-coffee-a-day person. This is the first thing that's made that feel like less of a problem.

    Steph M.Newstead QLD Verified

  • Daniel K.
    The texture is the thing nobody warns you about. It doesn't go rubbery after two minutes like normal gum does.

    Daniel K.Brunswick VIC Verified

  • Priya N.
    Bought it for the ingredient list. Stayed for the cinnamon one, which I did not expect.

    Priya N.Surry Hills NSW Verified

  • Tom R.
    Lives in the glovebox. I've gone through four packs since March without really thinking about it.

    Tom R.Cottesloe WA Verified

The gap

Brushing takes four minutes. The day takes sixteen hours.

Watch a day go by, or tap any moment to jump to it.

pH 7 · neutral pH 5.5 · enamel starts to demineralise one piece one piece one piece

7am · Brush

You start clean.

Two minutes of brushing and your mouth is about as good as it gets all day. Plaque pH sits neutral, around 7, and nothing is dissolving.

8am · Coffee

The first drop.

Within minutes, bacteria in plaque turn what you just drank into acid. pH falls past 5.5, the point where enamel begins losing minerals, and stays down until saliva can carry it back. Roughly twenty to forty minutes.

12pm · Lunch

Deeper, and longer.

Lunch is bigger than coffee, so the fall is steeper and the climb back takes longer. Pick at something while you work and the curve never fully recovers before the next dip.

3pm · The afternoon one

The one nobody counts.

A biscuit at three costs another half hour below the line. Frequent small intakes are harder on enamel than one large meal, because the mouth simply spends more of the day acidic.

10pm · Brush

Fifteen hours later.

You brush again. Between those two brushes your enamel spent hours below the line, and nothing in the meantime was working in the other direction.

Chewing stimulates saliva, and saliva carries the pH back up. Perli adds back the mineral the acid borrowed. That is what the twenty minutes is for.

What remineralising gum is

Three ingredients, and what they're for.

Both flavours share the same three building blocks. Every one is printed on the pack in full. Contains propolis and egg. Read the label.

  • Nano-Hydroxyapatite
    Named in full.

    The mineral

    Nano-Hydroxyapatite

    The mineral your enamel is made of. It settles into the microscopic gaps that make teeth look dull, and that is where the white comes from.

  • Xylitol
    Not sugar.

    The sweetener

    Xylitol

    All the sweetness, and nothing for acid-making bacteria to feed on. Sweet that stays out of the pH curve above.

  • Chicle + Mastic
    Not plastic.

    The base

    Chicle + Mastic

    Tree saps that hold their chew for the full twenty minutes. Also the reason none of this is plastic.

= one piece of Perli.

Perli, next to ordinary gum.

Side by side

Perli, next to ordinary gum.

Feature Perli Ordinary gum
Gum base tapped from treesYesNo
Contains nano-hydroxyapatiteYesNo
Free from synthetic polymersYesNo
Sugar freeYesVaries
Free from artificial sweetenersYesVaries
Every ingredient named on the packYesVaries

Ordinary gum varies by brand. Compare against the label of whatever you chew now.

Questions, answered.

What is remineralising gum?

Chewing gum built around nano-hydroxyapatite, the mineral tooth enamel is made from, rather than around flavour alone. Perli pairs it with xylitol instead of sugar, on a gum base of chicle and mastic tapped from trees.

What is nano-hydroxyapatite?

A form of hydroxyapatite, the mineral that makes up roughly 97% of tooth enamel. It has been used in oral care products in Japan since the 1980s. We name it in full on the front of every pack.

Is chewing gum made of plastic?

Most ordinary gum is, in part: the “gum base” on a typical label is a synthetic polymer. Perli's base is chicle and mastic, saps tapped from trees.

What is the difference between Royal Mint and Cinna Mint?

Royal Mint is crisp and classic, cool spearmint the whole way through. Cinna Mint is warmer, with real cinnamon over the mint. Both are 18 pieces a pack and share the same base, mineral and sweeteners.

Is Perli sugar free?

Yes. Sweetened with xylitol and erythritol. No sugar, no aspartame, nothing synthetic in the base.

How long does a pack last?

Eighteen pieces to a pack. Most of our customers find a two-pack lasts about a month, though it depends entirely on how often you chew.

How does the pack pricing work?

One pack is $19.95. Two packs save 20%, four packs save 30% and tip you into free shipping, and eight packs save 40%, which works out at $11.97 a pack. The discount applies automatically in the pack builder, and you can mix flavours across your packs.

How does shipping work?

Every order ships tracked, Australia-wide, and usually arrives within 4 to 7 business days. Rates start at A$4.95 and are calculated at checkout. Shipping is free on orders of 4 packs or more.

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Still deciding?

Pick one and get chewing.

One pack is $19.95. Eight brings it down to $11.97 a pack, with shipping on us from four.

30-day money-back guarantee. If the texture or the flavour is not for you, we will refund it.