Grass straws are straws made from sedge stems that have undergone many processing stages to ensure safety for users’ health and at the same time be environmentally friendly. The finished grass straws must undergo many careful processing stages. Readers can refer to the detailed stages of the sedge straw production process in the article shared by Safimex below.
What is a grass straw?
Grass straws are straws made from the stem of the sedge plant, which has a hollow stem, is quite easy to grow and can decompose quickly in the natural environment.
Benefits of using grass straws
With the current trend of green consumption, aiming for environmentally friendly products, using grass straws instead of traditional plastic straws brings many benefits to the environment and business activities that use straws.
- Sedge grass straws are made from natural grass stems, so they do not contain toxic substances and are safe for health.
- Grass straws after use and disposal decompose quickly, environmentally friendly.
- With the current consumer trend of consuming environmentally friendly products, when using grass straws or reusable straws such as glass straws, metal straws will receive the love and trust of customers.
Stages in the production process of grass straws
The production process of sedge straws requires many processing stages to turn fresh sedge plants into straws of various sizes, environmentally friendly, and are popular with many beverage businesses. The specific production stages, Safimex will discuss in detail below.
Harvesting and purchasing raw materials
The raw material for producing grass straws is Lepironia Articulata – a type of grass with hollow stems commonly grown in flooded swamp areas, saline water areas, etc.
The sedge plants used to make grass straws must be 1.5 – 2 years old to ensure the best quality straws. When harvested or purchased, sedge plants must be carefully selected and classified. Young, crushed plants are removed, only intact, non-rotted plants are taken to the next stage for processing and production into grass straws.
Cut the stem into sections
After carefully checking the quality of the raw materials for making grass straws, the qualified sedge will be taken to another area to cut the grass stem into sections of 15 – 20cm long, this is the common size of straws. In addition, sedge straws are also cut according to the size of the customer when ordering the product.
Processing of grass straws
After cutting the grass straws into sections, the entire cut straws are cleaned several times with water to clean the mud and microorganisms on the straws from the inside out. Next, the straws will be sterilized with a disinfectant solution, this step is repeated many times to ensure that the straws are cleaned and absolutely safe to use.
Disinfecting the straws
Although it has been disinfected many times after cleaning, to ensure that there are no remaining microorganisms or pathogens that can affect the health of the user. The straw will be disinfected with high concentration salt water, when the straw is soaked in salt water, it will kill bacteria and prevent bacterial cells from growing.
Drying grass straws
The grass straws will go through two drying processes with two different temperatures.
Drying 1: In the first drying process, the straws are dried at a temperature of about 40 – 60 degrees Celsius to dry the grass straws and increase the durability and strength of the straws.
Drying 2: After the first drying process, the straws continue to be dried a second time with a higher temperature to completely remove stubborn bacteria that may remain after the sterilization and disinfection processes.
After going through two drying processes, the grass straws are now almost complete. When the straws have cooled completely, they will be transported to the next process for quality inspection.
Quality control, packaging of grass straws
Dried straws will be transported to a separate area for quality control, this is an important and mandatory step to ensure that grass straws brought to market are safe for users.
After quality control, the final step in the grass straw production process is to pack the straws into packaging, the packaging of grass straws is done by an automatic straw packaging machine to ensure hygiene quality. The packaged straws will be put into storage or distributed to the market for consumption.
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