SaXcell

SaXcell is a regenerated cellulosic fiber made from chemically recycled cotton textile waste rather than virgin wood, with the pulp re-spun using lyocell wet spinning, the same non-toxic amine-oxide, closed-loop chemistry as Tencel rather than the carbon-disulfide viscose route.

Because it is spun by the lyocell method, SaXcell inherits lyocell's clean profile against your skin: a smooth, absorbent cellulose fiber with no residual carbon disulfide and water and process chemicals recycled in a closed loop. It breathes and handles moisture like other cellulosics, so it sits comfortably on reactive or overheated skin. One honest caveat for recycled-content fiber: the feedstock is post-consumer cotton that may have carried its own dyes and finishes, so the de-coloring and purification steps, and the dyes and finishes applied to the final cloth, are what determine whether the garment is genuinely low-residue. The fiber chemistry is reassuring; the finishing still needs verifying.

Look for the SaXcell name to confirm closed-loop lyocell spinning of recycled cotton, and an OEKO-TEX STANDARD 100 label on the finished garment to confirm it was tested for harmful residues.

It uses roughly 10 liters of water per kilogram versus thousands for conventional cotton, and diverts textile waste from landfill.