{"id":7600,"date":"2022-04-26T02:16:05","date_gmt":"2022-04-26T02:16:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/foods.hunghau.vn\/?p=7600"},"modified":"2022-04-26T09:15:47","modified_gmt":"2022-04-26T09:15:47","slug":"vietnamese-firm-makes-edible-rice-flour-straws-to-help-protect-environment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hfoods.vn\/vi\/vietnamese-firm-makes-edible-rice-flour-straws-to-help-protect-environment\/","title":{"rendered":"Vietnamese firm makes edible rice-flour straws to help protect environment"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hung Hau Foods is the first company producing compostable plant-based straws in Vietnam<\/strong><\/p>\n

A Vietnamese firm has succeeded in producing straws made of rice flour, which can be eaten, to replace plastic ones at a time when environmental protection is a topical issue in Vietnam.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Uncut rice-flour straws are placed on the production line at a company in Sa Dec City, Dong Thap Province, Vietnam. Photo: Ngoc Tai \/ Tuoi Tre<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/figure>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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HungHau Foods, a company based in Ho Chi Minh City, currently makes 100,000 rice-flour straws a day at its plant in Sa Dec, which is a city in Dong Thap Province, Vo Minh Khang, its general director, said.<\/p>\n

The firm will expand the capacity by five times this month, Khang added.<\/p>\n

These eco-friendly straws have been introduced to such markets as South Korea, Japan, European countries and purchase deals have been signed, the executive revealed.<\/p>\n

In Vietnam, many distributors have approached HungHau for an exclusive deal while high-end restaurants and hotels are the target segment, Khang said.<\/p>\n

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Workers handle rice-flour straws at a plant in Sa Dec City, Dong Thap Province, Vietnam. Photo: Ngoc Tai \/ Tuoi Tre<\/figcaption><\/figure>
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\u201cI have been to many countries where environment-friendly products are favoured,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy company are good at making rice-flour products so we have researched and started production.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt amazes me that consumers\u00a0have\u00a0responded so well to our straws.\u201d<\/p>\n

HungHau explored ways to make the rice-flour straws for one year before rolling them out four months ago.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe faced such difficulties as finding the formula and machinery to ensure the straws are hard to be broken, stiff enough, and evenly made,\u201d the executive confided.<\/p>\n

These straws can be kept at room temperature for 18 months whereas the duration will be shortened to 30-120 minutes when they are put in normal or cold water.<\/p>\n

The straws come in white taken from rice, green from amaranth spinach, purple from beetroot, and black from sesame seeds.<\/p>\n

They are eatable but the producer warns against consuming too many straws a day.<\/p>\n

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Vo Minh Khang, general director of HungHau Foods, introduces the products at its factory in Sa Dec City, Dong Thap Province, Vietnam. Photo: Ngoc Tai \/ Tuoi Tre<\/figcaption><\/figure>
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Environmental protection has gained significant attention from both the people and the government in recent times.<\/p>\n

Many initiatives and campaign have been launched to raise public awareness of the issue.<\/p>\n

Vietnam was amongst the five countries that dumped the most plastic into the ocean, according to a 2017 report by Ocean Conservancy.<\/p>\n

Two metropolises of the Southeast Asian nation, Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi, alone get rid of about 80 metric tons of plastic a day, according to data from the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hung Hau Foods is the first company producing compostable plant-based straws in Vietnam A Vietnamese firm has succeeded in producing straws made of rice flour, which can be eaten, to replace plastic ones at a time when environmental protection is a topical issue in Vietnam. HungHau Foods, a company based in Ho Chi Minh City,…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6442,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[52,53,35],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7600","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hung-hau","category-thuc-pham","category-tin-tuc-su-kien"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hfoods.vn\/vi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7600","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hfoods.vn\/vi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hfoods.vn\/vi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hfoods.vn\/vi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hfoods.vn\/vi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7600"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hfoods.vn\/vi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7600\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hfoods.vn\/vi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6442"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hfoods.vn\/vi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7600"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hfoods.vn\/vi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7600"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hfoods.vn\/vi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7600"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}