Composition of paper towels

Paper towels are made up of chlorine, bleaching powder, alcohol, wood pulp and renewable resources. However, what is the difference between virgin wood pulp, virgin pulp and pure wood pulp marked on the tissue packaging? The main composition of most paper towels on the market is divided into two types, virgin wood pulp and pure wood pulp. Only paper towels made from 100% virgin wood pulp can be used as napkins. If you are concerned about your health, try to choose paper towels that use virgin wood pulp.

01. Virgin pulp

It refers to pure virgin fiber, which can be divided into wood pulp, grass pulp, cane pulp, cotton pulp, bamboo pulp, reed pulp, etc.

02. Virgin wood pulp

It is a type of virgin pulp, and its source is wood pulp, that is, a pulp made only from wood chips to extract fibers, and has not been used for pure pulp.

03. Pure wood pulp

This may include recycled pulp, i.e. waste paper pulp, which may be made from recycled "waste" paper. It is generally used to make toilet paper to wipe the buttocks.

Tips for buying paper towels

Greasy and soft, not easy to lose powder and hair. And the paper towel is hard, loose, easy to lose powder, hair, and even pain when wiping on the skin.

Specific toughness

Hold a log pulp paper towel in your hand and pull it a little harder, the paper towel will have wrinkles that are pulled, but it will not break. However, due to the low content of wood pulp and poor flexibility, the paper towel will break with a little force.

Observe the combustion

Consumers can also use fire-burning paper towels to test the quality of the paper. Usually the paper with excessive fluorescent agent is burned with white or black paper ash, while the normal paper towel is natural gray after burning.

Test the immersion status

In addition, you can soak the paper towel in water to see how good it is. Good tissue paper has high density and toughness, and will not deform and loosen even if soaked in water. And poor quality paper towels can easily fall loose when soaked in water.

The dangers of low-quality paper towels

Long-term use of low-quality tissues to wipe the mouth, face and hands can cause skin irritation; Whitening powder and bleach on paper can enter the respiratory tract and cause infection; Paper towels with talcum powder, fluorescent agents and heavy metals exceeding the standard are more carcinogenic risk!