Bamboo Fiber Textiles: True And False Myth?

Bamboo fiber textile, one is in China.

A Taobao

Bamboo fiber:

Bamboo fiber has won too much praise.

A businessman's description describes it: bamboo fiber is a regenerated cellulose fiber made from high quality natural bamboo as raw material, processed by special high-tech technology, extracted from bamboo cellulose, and then processed by gluing, spinning and other processes.

Bamboo contains "bamboo quinone" health elements, which can produce negative ions and insect protection and antibacterial effect. In the whole process of manufacturing, it uses physical drawing technology, does not contain any chemical additives, has the magical functions of natural antibacterial, bacteriostatic, anti mite, odorless and anti ultraviolet, and has been praised as "breathing ecological home textile" and "fiber Queen".

The bamboo fiber cross section is covered with large and small elliptical voids, which can absorb and evaporate large amounts of water instantaneously. Its water absorbability is 3.5 times that of cotton.

Bamboo fiber belongs to natural plant fiber. It is soft, comfortable, antibacterial, and anti ultraviolet. It has super health care function, renewable utilization and environmental protection. At the same time, it has the characteristics of super easy cleaning and deoiling. Under the microscope, bacteria can thrive in cotton and wood fiber products, and the bacteria on "bamboo fiber" products are killed about 75% hours after 24 hours.

Consumers are puzzled: why is bamboo fiber less God?

However, compared with the pursuit of businessmen and manufacturers, consumers are facing a real puzzle.

Walking down the altar of bamboo fiber textiles, but there is no Legendary God.

A Wuhan white-collar Lady Wang told reporters that she was prompted by businessmen, because the bamboo fiber dishwasher "no detergent" characteristics, so bought a few not only for their own use, but also to the mother-in-law, friends also test.

After a few weeks, Ms. Wang still had to go to the supermarket to add detergent.

It seems that buying a Zhang Zhu fiber dishwasher saves a year's wishful thinking.

In Shandong, Mr. Zhang expressed indignant remarks that the so-called antibacterial activities of bamboo fibers were all nonsense.

At first, the sale said that they wore ordinary socks and foot stinks; and socks wearing bamboo fibers were not very smelly because of their breathability, antibacterial and moisture resistance. As a result, when he became a personal dealer at high prices, he found that even bamboo fibers were still smelly feet, and he had to wrangle with his company and pursue his agent's money.

A lady in Shenzhen, after spending 15 yuan on buying a bamboo fiber towel, was surprised to find that the towel, which was "antibacterial" and "not easy to have mildew", was rotten faster than the ordinary towel.

Clothing industry exposure rules: too many fake labels

"Too many labels for bamboo fiber clothing are stickers."

According to the staff of a chemical fiber inspection bureau, as a result of economic interests driven, too many clothing enterprises to label the ingredients of clothing are inconsistent with the name.

"Consumers like wool, that is, wool; consumers like cashmere, say cashmere; 10% cotton also dare to say 100% pure cotton; some do not know what bamboo fiber is, they already yell."

"In the course of our inspection, false marks and false marks are quite serious, almost 20%-40% ratio.

Because the phenomenon of garment industry's OEM is also serious, so many dealer led brands are a bit fond of playing the edge ball.

Special clothing manufacturers should be honest.

Zhang Shifu, a bamboo fiber industry, told reporters that the effect of the so-called "antibacterial" and so on is only possible if bamboo fiber supplies of more than 75% are natural and must be natural.

Once processed, there is no effect.

Quality inspection departments: to prevent confusion

Dong Haiyan engineer of the two Department of textile inspection in Fujian Textile Inspection Institute said that we should avoid confusing the public.

Bamboo fiber is divided into bamboo charcoal fiber, bamboo pulp fiber and bamboo fiber.

Experiments show that bamboo fiber is indeed antibacterial, but bamboo fiber can not be made into textiles, bamboo fiber is the most popular in the market, but basically no bactericidal effect.

Compared with cotton towels, bamboo towels are more delicate and less durable than cotton towels.

But the porous structure of bamboo fiber towels has good functions of moisture absorption and moisture release, so the ventilation effect is good.

Following the reporter's investigation, he found that the term "GB 11951-1989 textile natural fiber" did not mention bamboo fiber.

GB4146-1984 textile terminology refers to chemical fibers that are made from natural or synthetic polymers and are chemically prepared.

Regenerated fiber is a chemical fiber made of cellulose, which is basically the same chemical composition as the original polymer.

Regenerated cellulose fiber is a regenerated cellulose fiber made of cellulose.

Viscose fiber is a regenerated cellulose fiber made from viscose.

In the book "FZ/T5 2006-2006 bamboo viscose staple", it is mentioned that this standard is applicable to the inspection, calibration and acceptance of light, semi dull and matting short fibers with a line density of 1.11dtex to 5.56dtex with bamboo material as raw material.

Other types of bamboo viscose staple fiber can be used as reference. "

That is to say, most of the "bamboo fibers" marked on the market are actually "bamboo fiber".

In the book "FZ/T5 2006-2006 bamboo viscose staple", we also mentioned the national standard of antibacterial experiment.

CCTV has commissioned a quality inspection agency to verify that in the same experimental environment, the amount of Escherichia coli cultivated by bamboo fiber textile and ordinary cotton wool textiles is almost the same, which means that bamboo fiber textile has no special antibacterial effect.

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Insiders: it's just a commercial hype.

Miss Huang, who has opened the underwear garment factory in Jiangmen, Guangdong for seven or eight years, has made an in-depth analysis of bamboo fiber textiles.

"In fact, this is just the concept of business hype."

Miss Huang disclosed that the so-called "bamboo fiber underwear" in the market is a trick for businesses to deceive consumers.

Because when a variety is pushed out for a long time, consumers will have a weak consumption mentality.

If at this time, a new concept of bamboo fiber and bamboo charcoal with health care function is introduced, consumers will find it very fresh. Of course, they want to have a try.

Miss Huang said that the raw materials used on underwear in the market are the same, and the fabric is made of fiber, cotton and silk.

Some underwear feels soft, that is, when manufacturers are making, they choose a material that feels better and increase their silk content, which makes consumers feel delusional.

With the same products, businessmen can only add a bamboo fiber label to their underwear, and these underwear will increase in value.

Like the previously known ice silk underpants, the fabric is actually the same as ordinary underwear.

As you can imagine, how much bamboo fiber can a bamboo produce? How much energy does it take to extract bamboo fiber and make underwear after that? The cost of making bamboo underwear is far more than a few yuan!

US Canada: Government counterfeiting

As early as last August, the United States Fair Trade Commission (FTC) accused suppliers of deceptive use of bamboo fibers in labels and advertisements.

4 clothing and textile dealers in the United States claim that they sell artificial fiber products containing bamboo fibers.

FTC prosecute these dealers in this regard.

At the same time, some companies use the word "green" wrongly or unsubstantiably, claiming that their products are produced by environmental protection methods and keep the inherent antibacterial properties of bamboo, which are biodegradable.

The complainant will file a complaint against these companies.

Artificial fibers contain renewable cellulose, which does not contain more than 15% substituents to replace hydroxyl radicals. The cellulose contained in the fibers is precipitated from organic solvents. No hydroxyl substitution or chemical intermediates occur.

The term "Lyocell" can be used as a general description of fiber.

According to FTC, these companies falsely claim that their textiles contain "100% bamboo fibers" and are actually man-made fibers.

Learned from FTC that man made fibers are made from cellulose from trees or other plants and processed by chemical substances.

This chemical will release harmful gases.

Any tree or plant can be used as a source of cellulose, including bamboo.

Therefore, when the cellulose is reprocessed (artificial viscose fiber processing), the fibers produced are collectively referred to as artificial fibers.

According to the regulations on textiles and fibre products Identification Act 16CFR303.7, man-made fibers are defined as follows: fibers made from bamboo cellulose are neither antibacterial nor biodegradable.

So far, no authoritative research has proved that artificial fibers retain the inherent antibacterial properties of bamboo.

FTC notes that when bamboo is used as cellulosic material, human made fibers do not retain the inherent antibacterial properties of bamboo.

Stimulant and toxic chemicals are used to decompose bamboo raw materials and to eliminate the inherent antibacterial properties of bamboo.

In addition, according to the FTC information, there is no scientific evidence to prove that "bamboo fiber" products have antibacterial properties.

After being cleared and abandoned, these products can not be decomposed into natural elements in a short time.

Although bamboo is environmentally friendly, man-made fibers made from bamboo cellulose are not environmentally friendly.

Because this processing process uses a lot of water and energy, it will bring air and water pollution.

The fair competition authority of Canada announced in January 27, 2010 that it had acted in accordance with the textiles labeling and advertising regulations to ensure that man-made fiber textiles and garments sold in Canada would not be labeled as bamboo.

More than 450000 textiles and clothing have been re labled in Canada, and more than 250 websites have corrected data, the Bureau said.

The Canadian staff found a total of 27 dealers whose labels were not accurate, and 94 online shops that were inaccurate or misleading.

The Bureau said that no textile products made from natural bamboo fibers were sold in the Canadian market.

Myth of bamboo fiber: reality and falsehood?

Although the truth is clear, the worrying scene is still on the stage.

Open Baidu or Taobao website, there are still countless network pushing hands, compiling a dense network of mythology, trying to beat consumers and entrepreneurs alike.

Although the incident of toxic milk powder is terrible, it will attract much attention when exposed to human life.

The "bamboo fiber" textiles, because of the multiple interests of the industrial chain, have been silent like a hidden bomb, which may give consumers a muffled thunder at any time.

One industry insider summed up the seven sins of "bamboo fiber" Myth: 1. bamboo fiber is actually cellulose fiber, making bedding products easy to wrinkle; 2. bamboo fiber does not have bactericidal and antibacterial effects; sterilization and antibacterial properties are not characteristic of bamboo fiber; 3., poor strength, washing will rot over a few times; 4. the production of bamboo fiber cellulose fiber is very polluted, and the production of such raw materials has been banned in foreign countries; 5., only one natural antibacterial fiber can be found now, that is, pineapple leaf fiber, others are deceiving; 6. bamboo fiber is no longer green after dyeing, and dyes are harmful to human body; cheating consumers is the only way for domestic enterprises to continue to develop.

Fall down in the truth or grow up in myth?