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Cotton: The Real Star of the Show

by Lifeboat Admin , Sep 17, 2015

You’ve probably noticed, year over year, a greater and greater degree of interest in what goes into what you consume. More specifically—what are the ingredients in what you’re eating? What was the process that created that Oscar winning film? And most important to us- what materials are going into clothes, accessories, bedding and towels that touch your skin.

There are a bundle of reasons for this. Cheaper materials can irritate your skin, they’ve spent less time in the spinning process so the texture is more rough and harder on sensitive skin. As more and more materials enter the market, there is a higher and higher chance of allergens in these rogue materials introduced into products. Not disclosing these can be a nightmare for materials companies, not just for their bottom line, but also for their company culture. After all, if every company operates along the same ethos as Alluretex, your comfort and happiness is the number one priority.

So today we profile the real star of our towels. Yes, yes, besides you- Cotton! It’s a brand all on its own at this point, but for many years it took a back seat and let the brands take all the credit. Cotton is a fluffy, staple fiber. It grows in a boll, also known as a protective case, wrapped around the seeds of cotton plants. The Cotton bolls maximize the ground that the seeds will cover.

So, where does Cotton come from? It’s native to the tropical and subtropical areas of the world, specifically the Americas, India and Africa. Fun fact for the day? Mexico has the widest variety of Cotton species. Australia has the second and Africa has the third. You may think of old movies that took place in the southern states of the United States, but cotton was domesticated both in the Old World and the New World. The name is actually Arabic and dates all the way back to the 1400s.

There are four types of cotton species, which are grown for commercial use. They are Gossypium Hirsutum (native to Central America, Mexico, Florida and the Carribean), Gossypium Barbadense (South America), Gossypium Arboreum (India and Pakistan), and Gossypium Herbaceum (Southern Africa and the Arabian Penninsula). We know that you’re familiar with the crayon box rainbow of colored towels available here but some of it indeed stems from the natural color of cotton. The cotton fibers occur naturally in white, brown, pink and green.

Okay, okay, but cotton is those little fluff balls, how does that translate into our favorite Alluretex towels? The fiber itself is spun into thread or yarn. Only then can it become the soft and breathable textile in our Elite Large Hand Towel.

Currently about 25 MILLION tonnes (or 110 million bales) of cotton are produced in a single year. This is 2.5% of the Earth’s arable land. China is the largest producer, but the United States has been the number one exporter for a number of years.

Luckily Alluretex takes our products seriously. You can always reach out with any questions about the materials in any of our products.

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