Gum was obtained from Kenge factory grown in Malatya mountainous areas, weighing 10 thousand TL with gold price almost competing with gold.
Kenge factory, natural development in rural areas of Malatya's Darende and Akçadağ districts, is sold by taking chewing gum by special methods after drying in the summer months.Kenge Gum, with a very high market value due to its production and health process, has become an important source of livelihood for people in the region.Farmers Mehmet Demirkaya, living in the Kozluca neighborhood of Akçadağ district, went to the local mountainous area Büyük Mahalle every summer and collected chewing gum after an intensive job that lasted for hours. Demirkaya, showing the root of the tree with the help of anchor, helps out from the liquid that allows gum to form by crossing the root with a knife. Waiting for a day in the soil, hard liquid is then collected.The gums, can be cleaned at home, are stone in cold water and keep in hot water and are refined from soil and foreign water. Kenge Gum, prepared by completely natural methods, found buyers from 30 TL as one and 10 thousand TL on the basis of kg. Mehmet Demirkaya, Kenger factory is not only chewing, but also coffee is also produced, saying that Kenge coffee price is from one thousand to thousands of 500 TL, he said.Kenge Gum, especially on the digestive system, has positive effects recorded in Demirkaya, advising citizens to try chewing gum.
