Corn is milled into starch and converted into sugar. Sugar is fermented and transformed into plastic-like pellets. Pellets are then processed into fiber and spun into yarn.
Why Corn for Clothing?
Most comfortable, intelligent apparel you can own.
Environmentally Friendly Option
100% renewable resource grown right here in our own back yard – everyone benefits … farmers, textile manufacturer, consumer, everyone.
Corn textile production requires 68% less fossil fuel than traditional synthetic fabrics.
The fabric itself is not based on petroleum or dependant on fluctuating foreign oil prices.
100% biodegradable.
Properties of Corn Blends
Feels like cotton – Comfortable like cotton – BUT – performs like high tech fabrics.
Natural Wicking Properties.
Naturally Wrinkle Resistant and Anti-Shrink.
Soil & Stain Resistant and won’t absorb odors.
Hypo-allergenic.
Naturally Anti-microbial.
Color fastness – won’t fade ever since dye is put into material prior to turning into fiber.