Hemp, rice, flax, bamboo and wood pulp papers
Updated
Rolling papers here are made from five plant fibers: hemp, flax, rice, bamboo and wood pulp, some bleached white and some left unbleached. The table below gives each brand's own words for what its papers are made of, with links, and the paper weight for the one brand that publishes it.
What each brand says
| Brand and line | Made from, in the brand's words | Gum | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| RAW Classic | "unbleached vegan plant fibers", with a criss-cross watermark (RAW) | "a truly natural gum with NO preservatives" (RAW) | not published |
| RAW Black | "the thinnest unbleached rolling paper we have ever made", made in Spain (RAW) | as above | not published |
| RAW Organic Hemp | organic hemp (RAW) | as above | not published |
| OCB Bamboo | "100% bamboo paper", unbleached (OCB) | natural acacia gum | 14 g/m² |
| OCB Organic Hemp | "100% organic hemp", grown in Champagne, France (OCB) | natural acacia gum | 14 g/m² |
| OCB Premium, Solaire, X-Pert | "100% wood fibers from responsibly managed forests" (OCB) | natural acacia gum | 14 g/m² |
| Zig-Zag French Orange, Original White | "Natural Flax Plant Fibers" (Zig-Zag) | "100% Natural Gum Arabic", from the acacia tree | not published |
| Zig-Zag Organic Hemp | "pure hemp fibers" from organic farms, unbleached (Zig-Zag) | gum arabic | not published |
| Blazy Susan Purple | "FSC-certified, sustainably sourced wood pulp" (Blazy Susan) | not stated | not published |
| VIBES Organic Hemp | "100% organic hemp fibers", per the brand's 2021 launch release (release) | "organic Arabic gum from the Acacia tree" | not published |
| VIBES Ultra Thin, Rice, Hemp | named as collections in the same release, with no material details | not stated | not published |
| Elements | what Elements says about its paper couldn't be checked: its site turned away every request; the listing here calls the king size slim "ultra thin rice paper", and the 1¼ box prints "Ultra Thin Papers" (the box) | "Acacia Gum" on the 1¼ box, "Vegan Gum" on the 300s pack | not published |
Paper weight is grams per square meter of paper. OCB is the only brand here that prints it: 14 g/m² for its papers and most cones, 12 g/m² for its unbleached cones, and "from 10 g/m² to 16.5 g/m²" across its whole range (OCB), where a lower number means a lighter sheet.
Unbleached or white
"Unbleached" papers are left their natural tan or brown; white papers are not. In this shop that splits roughly by line: RAW Classic and Black, OCB Bamboo, Zig-Zag Organic Hemp and OCB's unbleached cones are unbleached; OCB Premium, Solaire and X-Pert, and Zig-Zag Original White are white. The brands make no health claims about either on the pages linked here.
What no brand here publishes
How fast a paper burns, how it tastes and how easy it is to roll come up in every comparison of hemp, rice and wood pulp, but none of these brands puts a number on any of them, so this page doesn't rank papers on them. Paper weight is the one published measure of how thin a paper is, and only OCB prints it.
Rice papers get the least from the brands here. VIBES names a Rice line in its release without saying what's in it, and Elements' rice papers are described only by the listing and the box.
Every paper in stock, by material
Prices as of , from this shop's own shelf.
What each brand publishes about its papers, sizes included, is on its page: RAW, OCB, Zig-Zag, Blazy Susan and VIBES. Paper sizes are on the size chart.