Sugarcane bagasse pulp is produced from bagasse, the fibrous residue left after extracting juice from sugarcane stalks.
Production steps are as following:
- Sugarcane stalks crushed to extract in sugar mills, the leftover dry, fibrous material (about 25-30% of the stalk) is bagasse.
- Storage & Cleaning: Fresh bagasse is often stored briefly to reduce moisture and residual sugar. washing, and rewashing, to remove dirt, sand.
- Depithing: Depithingremoves this pith to leave mostly the long, strong fibers suitable for pulp. Depithed bagasse is typically around 65-75% fiber.
- Pulping Process (Converting Fibers to Pulp): The cleaned and depithed bagasse fibers undergo chemical pulping such as chemical digestion,kraft Process,soda process, sulfite process, Thermal & Chemical Action, to heat and chemicals dissolve most of the lignin and hemicellulose, separating the individual cellulose fibers.
The final dried, sheeted, or baled material is the bagasse pulp, which is primarily used for eco-friendly food containers ,plates, clamshells, trays, egg cartons, and other industrial packaging usage.
