What is Banana Fiber?
Banana fiber is made from the banana stalk as raw material, mainly composed of cellulose, hemicellulose, and lignin, and the chemically degummed fiber can be used for cotton spinning. The fiber is treated by a combined biological enzyme and chemical oxidation treatment process and is made by drying, refining, and defibrillation, which has the functions of light quality, good luster, high water absorption, antibacterial, easy degradation, and environmental protection.
Why do we use it?
With the influence of ecological organization concept in the world, green consumption has become the dominant mode of textile consumption. Banana fiber, as a new natural fiber from green plants, has a series of advantages unmatched by other fibers, making it a very competitive new highly breathable textile materials, industry experts will banana fiber fabrics as “the most promising textile health fabrics in the 21st century”.
We need to make more use of these fabrics to replace non-environmentally friendly fabrics and reduce our carbon footprint.
Development and composition of banana fiber
The process of developing banana fiber products is as follows: cut the banana stem peel into several sections and peel them → refine them with ash juice, then wash them with water to remove the ash juice → hold the soft fiber with bamboo scissors and scrape away the impurities in several times → immerse the fiber in water, cut the fiber from the root and make a filament after knotting or twisting → twisting → warp weaving.
Banana fiber chemical composition: mainly composed of cellulose, hemicellulose, and lignin, its cellulose content is relatively low in linen and jute, and hemicellulose and lignin content are high, so the fiber luster, softness, elasticity, and spinnability are slightly inferior to linen and jute.
Our supply sources are located in China, so all materials are traceable and properly certified. This promotes local agriculture and contributes to environmental protection.