Are the portion bags bleached like some tea-bags?

[Ansel]

I'm not looking to stop using snus at all as i love it but are the portion bags chlorine bleached like some tea-bags?

[lxskllr]

I don't know tbh. Chlorine bleaching has fallen out of favor for most manufactured products, so I would say no, but I don't know that for fact.

[snusgetter]

I don't know tbh. Chlorine bleaching has fallen out of favor for most manufactured products, so I would say no, but I don't know that for fact.

LX, you might find the following to be of interest:

Bleach in Teabags

"Totally Chlorine Free (TCF) Bleaching

Totally Chlorine Free bleaching uses no chlorine compounds in bleaching procedure and only virgin wood pulp is used. Bleaching chemicals used - peracetic acid (CH3COOOH), oxygen (O2), ozone (O3) and hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) - produce no chlorine byproducts."


I would think that any company using TCF bleaching would tout that
fact in their packaging and/or advertising but have yet to notice.

[lxskllr]

I would think that any company using TCF bleaching would tout that
fact in their packaging and/or advertising but have yet to notice.

Interesting. I assumed the makers switched over, but maybe not. I remember seeing a lot of box marks stating oxygen bleaching in the past, but not so much lately. That could mean that non chlorine bleaching is standard, but that's a big assumption on my part. I'll try to find some info on the different manufacturer sites.

Edit:
Information seems to be scarce. So far I can confirm Celestial Seasonings doesn't use chlorine, but PG Tips, and Twinnings I can't find info on. More to come...

Edit2:
Yogi, Stash, and Twinnings use non chlorine bleaching, still can't find info on PG Tips.

[GoVegan]

I'm not looking to stop using snus at all as i love it but are the portion bags chlorine bleached like some tea-bags?

Try los!

[Ansel]

Try los!

I love portions :-s