Edible fabric. - Corn fiber

The history of the most severe plastic restriction order "officially fell, even milk tea shop straws have been replaced with paper straws or PLA straws, easy to break the paper straws let many users complain:" successfully help me quit milk tea!" .

Although straw change is inevitable, it is not hard to see that "environmental protection" has become a global trend. All fields are launching real environmental products, of course, home textile fabric is no exception. A super environmentally friendly new fabric - 100% corn fiber fabric.

So what is corn fiber?

Corn Fiber, also known as polylactic acid Fiber, namely PLA Fiber.

PLA is familiar to everyone. After plastic restriction, many milk tea shops chose PLA straws. PLA fiber is a synthetic fiber made of corn, wheat and other starch as raw materials, which is transformed into lactic acid by fermentation and then polymerized and spun. It belongs to complete natural circulation type, has the biodegradable fiber.

So what are the advantages of corn fiber?

1. Antibacterial property

Corn fiber has excellent antibacterial activity, and its antibacterial activity is significantly better than any other fiber.

2. Air permeability and moisture discharge

Corn fiber has very low moisture absorption performance, the balance moisture content is only 0.4-0.6%, and the excellent moisture absorption and sweat discharge function is 8 times that of polyester fiber.

3, skin comfort

Corn fiber comes from natural plants, is weak acid, has good biocompatibility, especially suitable for allergic constitution;

4, environmental protection

Corn fiber comes from natural plants, green and environmentally friendly. When burned, it only produces carbon dioxide and water. Products made of corn fiber can be naturally degraded in soil and seawater.

5, flame retardant

The limit oxygen index of corn fiber reaches 26, which is the best flame retardant effect among all fibers.

6, heat preservation

The thermal performance is 1.8 times higher than that of high-quality cotton core, with good resilience and high density.

So why is corn fiber green?

Corn fiber does not use petroleum and other chemical raw materials, its waste in the soil and seawater under the action of microorganisms, can be decomposed into carbon dioxide and water, will not pollute the earth's environment.

Since starch IS the Initial raw  material of the fiber, its regeneration cycle is short, about one to two years, and the carbon dioxide produced by the fiber can be reduced in the atmosphere by plant photosynthesis. The combustion heat of PLA fiber, almost no nitric oxide, is about one third of that of polyethylene and polypropylene.

Corn fiber is a leading material for environmental protection. It has been recommended by many experts as the "environmental recycling material of the 21st century", and it is a kind of ecological fiber with great development potential.