Abstract
In Japan, they have a specific byproduct from the residues from sugar beet cultivation. With the help of bacteria, they transform them into long cellulose fibers, the new material basis of bio-plastics. And they could help solve global pollution problems. The material, called Fibnano Resin, contains a gel created from Japanese sugar beets with cellulose acetate, a biodegradable plant-based plastic.
It is made of long, tangled fibers of cellulose. Its primary use is as a reinforcement for biodegradable plant-based plastics, a component of plant cell walls. The reason for its use is to strengthen plant-based plastics. They call this material "bacterial nanocellulose," produced by fermenting sugar beet molasses. Kusano Sakko's bacterial nanocellulose, patented (Inc., 2017) and marketed as "Fibnano," forms a white gel that is synthesized by fermenting sugar beet molasses, a byproduct of sugar production. Cellulose strands form a network that reinforces the materials they are added to, most commonly when reinforcing plant-based plastics. Unlike other similar products that are made by crushing wood into smaller pieces to make pulp, cellulose fibers obtained from bacteria provide better reinforcement because the cellulose strands remain relatively long and thus become tightly woven.