News & Events · Green Business Matching · 4 Nov 2026
Azanature: sugarcane bagasse turned into drinking straws in four sizes, from a coffee glass to a cup of bubble tea
On Azanature's display table at Lumi Hub on 4 November 2026, beside a banner carrying the line "All for eco friendly circle", lay samples of drinking straws made from sugarcane bagasse and sets of single-use bagasse knives, spoons and forks. That same day, the company's Facebook page opened its post about the event with a simple sentence: "The green transition for F&B starts with the smallest details!"
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Azanature Limited Liability Company (Azanature Việt Nam) · Ho Chi Minh City · azanature.com.vn
From a sugar mill by-product
According to the company's About page, Azanature began in 2020, at a time when food service in Vietnam was growing very quickly and single-use plastic waste was growing with it. The legal entity, Công ty TNHH Azanature, has been registered in Ho Chi Minh City since August 2022; its registered activities include the manufacture, wholesale, import and export of bagasse straws, grass straws, and wooden and bagasse cutlery. The company says it chose three core materials: sugarcane bagasse, coffee grounds and FSC-certified birch wood.
Azanature describes how its bagasse straws are made in five steps: bagasse collected from sugar mills is washed free of residual sugar, dried at 80–120°C, ground to a fine 100–200 microns, mixed with a natural binder, pressed through a die and cut into straws 14 or 21 cm long. According to the company, the product uses plant-fibre technology from Taiwan, is unbleached and BPA-free, and biodegrades in 45–90 days. The straws come in four sizes: 6 mm wide and 14 cm long for coffee and tea; 6 mm and 21 cm for tall glasses; 8 mm for smoothies; and 12 mm for bubble tea. Each size is available plain or individually wrapped in paper.
A supplier to cafés, restaurants and hotels
The customers Azanature has in mind are cafés, bubble tea shops, restaurants and hotels. From its office and warehouse in the An Sương residential area, the company sells wholesale by the carton of 1,000 straws, at a list price starting from VND 298,000, or roughly VND 300 a straw, and sends out free sample kits so that owners can try the straws with their own drinks before ordering. Alongside bagasse straws, the range includes coffee-ground straws, paper straws, wooden cutlery, paper cup sleeves and biodegradable bags. A market report by Metric.vn names Azanature among the best-selling sugarcane straw brands on Vietnam's e-commerce platforms. In late October 2026, the company invited visitors to its stand B10 at HCMC Export 2026, the fair of outstanding Vietnamese export goods, at WTC Expo.
Azanature speaks of itself as one link in a circular economy. The goal it has published for the next five years is to process 5,000 tonnes of bagasse a year and to replace 50 million plastic straws a year in Vietnam. For Green Business Matching Day Vietnam, that makes a very everyday kind of green gift: small, affordable, and held in someone's hand every single day.
Azanature is one of the 21 sponsors of the programme.
At the recognition ceremony that closed the programme, Azanature was honoured by the organisers together with the other 20 sponsors, witnessed by Mr. Mohan Ramesh Anand (Founder & CEO, Canopus Group), Mr. Thao Le (Founder, AnChay.TV) and Mr. Nguyễn Tiến Tuyến (Founder & CEO, Chay Vietnam).
Green Business Matching Day Vietnam is co-organised by INCHAM with Canopus, AnChay.TV and Chay Vietnam, with the support of the Consulate General of India in Ho Chi Minh City, Ministry of External Affairs of India.
Based on material provided by the company; compiled by the organisers of Green Business Matching Day Vietnam as a gift to the businesses that joined the day.
