Our material, Banana Leather, is crafted from repurposed banana crop waste. This innovative process involves extracting fibers from discarded banana stems and blending them with natural gums and adhesives.

Yes, Banana Leather is more sustainable than animal leather for several reasons. It is made from banana crop waste, which would otherwise be discarded, thereby reducing agricultural waste. Additionally, its production process involves fewer harmful chemicals and less water compared to traditional leather production. Moreover, Banana Leather provides a cruelty-free alternative to animal leather, aligning with ethical and environmental values.

Currently, our material is 90% bio-based. We are continuing to innovate our material to reduce our dependence on polymers. True sustainability is extremely challenging, it is our mission to be deeply dedicated to it. We plan on becoming 100% plant-based by 2025.

Our core raw material is banana Fibers . We source it directly from small holder farmers, additionally increasing their household income.

Banofi material is comes in a rectangular panel of size of (1 sheet) is 45cm x 75cm.

Each sheet can be purchased directly through the shop page or by contacting us!

Banana leather is available in a series of colors. We do typical leather colors like black, tan, brown and some fashion colors. These are always under production and are available on our material shop page. There is no MOQ for our standard material.

We also make custom colors provided a dye to match (physical sample) is sent to us.

The MOQ for custom color is 50 units. Lead time: 4-6 weeks.

Yes, We are working on it.

Best part of using Banana Leather is, it can be stitched and crafted as most common as animal and synthetic leathers. Responds well to embossing / surface embroidery etc.