Cellulose

Cellulose is the most abundant biopolymer in the world. In plants, cellulose content can vary between 30% and 70%. Cellulose is a sustainable and renewable fibrous material. Our cellulose CELLENSE™ is produced from sustainable raw materials such as oat husks, straw and other side streams from both agricultural and forest industries using our BIOFORSENSE technology.

Meet the textile industry’s new trendsetter – cellulose

The textile industry generates a large share of unwanted emissions and the world needs to find better ways to produce more sustainable clothing. Luckily, cellulose is a solution as it can be used as a substitute for cotton and oil-based raw materials. Cellulose is an environmentally friendly and multipurpose replacement for cotton, such as in jeans, and many oil-based raw materials. Nature’s own diverse raw material is easy to bleach, and its fibres stay intact.

Dissolving cellulose is manufactured for applications that require a high chemical purity and a particularly low hemicellulose content. It can also be refined into microfibrillated cellulose, which is used in food products such as sausage casings, and can be utilised to make thickeners and emulsifiers.