Starch toothpick and its production process

Abstract

Starch toothpick is cylindrical toothpick made of starch and with conic point in one end and two ring notches in the other end. It is produced by using the material including corn starch in 97.89 wt%, sweet potato 1.96 wt%, edible solid sorbic alcohol 0.11 wt%, edible alum 0.03 wt% and edible pigment 0.01 wt% as well as water in 30 wt% of the said material and through mixing, extrusion to form and freezing at -22 deg.c for 12 hr, drying in a water heating drying room at 45 deg.c for 24 hr, cutting into sections and grinding and formation in a toothpick grinding machine. it is degradable and no environmental pollution and no damage to teeth.

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(1) Technical field: [0001] The invention relates to a toothpick, in particular to a degradable, pollution-free and environmentally friendly toothpick and a manufacturing method thereof. (two) background technology: [0002] The toothpick used by people is generally made of bamboo and wood materials, and a lot of materials will be cut off when making it. Its structure is pointed at both ends, and the middle is a cylinder. Articles, but it is a kind of daily necessities for people. Over the years, its usage is very large. The traditional bamboo and wood toothpicks have a major disadvantage of wasting a lot of bamboo and wood materials, and daily production consumes a lot of energy, which is harmful to the ecological environment. Definitely destructive. In addition, in most restaurants, toothpicks are often used. Generally, after use, they are mixed with leftover food and thrown away together. Because, when the leftover food with toothpicks is provided to livestock as feed, l...

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[0002] The toothpick used by people is generally made of bamboo and wood materials, and a lot of materials will be cut off when making it. Its structure is pointed at both ends, and the middle is a cylinder. Articles, but it is a kind of daily necessities for people. Over the years, its usage is very large. The traditional bamboo and wood toothpicks have a major disadvantage of wasting a lot of bamboo and wood materials, and daily production consumes a lot of energy, which is harmful to the ecological environment. certain destructive effect

In addition, in most restaurants, toothpicks are often used. Generally, after use, they are mixed with leftover food and thrown away together. Because, when the leftover food with toothpicks is provided to livestock as feed, livestock may Fatally injured by toothpick mixed with food leftovers

If leftover food is thrown away together with other wastes, there will be a problem of polluting the environment

Traditional toothpicks have another unhygienic problem

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