what are bio straws made from?

what are bio straws made from?

Nowadays, there is a hot debate on paper straws vs plastic straws, and a lot of countries starts to ban paper straws. So paper straw becomes a very good alternative.

But what are paper straws made from?

Does it biodegradable to the environment?

And does it health for drinking?

Paper straws, of course, made of paper, but the paper is very special and named: Kraft Paper, and it has very good properties for water-resistant.

At the same time, the Kraft Paper must be passed the test of  Heavy Metals Migration, to approve it is Food Grade.

The factory that qualified to make paper straw must get the FDA certificate. Then means their straws are qualified to export to the US market and many other countries.

You may wonder another thing, straws are made into many different colors and patterns, like bamboo color, red color, yellow color, mixed color, striped colors and etc. what is the color made of? Does it health for drinking?

Yes, it is printing ink, the ink must be passed the testing to ensure that is is food grade. you can contact us to get the certificate. It will help you to identify that the straw factory you are working with is qualified.

Straw is a very necessary product to make people’s daily life convenient, but plastic staws used in the past decades are indeed harmful to the environment. So it’s better for us to shift to paper straws,  it usually biodegradable in the landfill within 6 months. Paper straws are safe to people, and good to our planet as well.