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Biodegradable Tableware | Sugarcane | Cornstarch | PLA

Author : Fiona
Update time : 2023-11-28 16:06:18
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To make the diet sustainable and environmentally friendly in every corner, it needs the operation and cooperation of the whole market. Biodegradable tableware has been widely used in the catering industry in recent years like a treasure has been discovered. Paper-plastic lunch box is suitable for fresh food packaging and lunch box makers, can fully meet the environmental safety, waterproof and oil-proof, biodegradable and other food packaging performance requirements, is the ideal choice to replace the traditional plastic lunch box.

 

Sugarcane Bagasse Biodegradable Tableware

 


Sugarcane pulp belongs to a kind of pulp, the source of which is bagasse after sugar extraction, and the tableware is made through the steps of pulping, thinning, pulping, supplying pulp, molding, trimming, sterilizing, and finished products. Sugarcane fibers are medium-length fibers with the advantages of moderate strength and toughness, and are relatively suitable raw materials for molded products as of now. The main sugarcane bagasse biodegradable  tableware includes sugarcane trays, sugarcane bowls, sugarcane cups, sugarcane containers, sugarcane knives, forks and spoons, and so on.

Cornstarch Biodegradable tableware

 

Cornstarch Food Container

 

Made of cornstarch, the product has a light popcorn aroma. Cornstarch tableware has the property of natural degradation in nature (light and soil), which can satisfy various needs of consumers and is highly practical. At the same time, it can withstand high temperatures up to 120 degrees Celsius and low temperatures down to minus 18 degrees Celsius, and can be used normally in microwave ovens (which must be filled with a considerable amount of water) and refrigerators within 5 minutes on the high setting. The main cornstarch biodegradable tableware includes cornstarch food trays, cornstarch lunch boxes, cornstarch cups with lid, cornstarch containers, cornstarch knives, forks and spoons, and so on.

PLA Biodegradable tableware

 


Obtained through fermentation of plant starch, the raw material of the pure kind is temperature resistant to 60 degrees, and after modification it can reach 110 degrees or more. If you compare it with other plastic tableware, it is really the safest, can't be broken by falling, and can be completely degraded. And high strength, not easy to deform; from sucrose corn and other plant fibers, so that pulp molding to maintain 100% bio-based, can be composted with pulp tableware degradation; with the addition of waterproof and oil-proofing agent compared to the polymer material naturally has waterproof and oil-proof. PLA biodegradable tableware is currently the most important is the PLA straws.


 
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