SOFT TISSUE COMPRISING NON-WOOD FIBERS

The present invention provides soft， durable and bulky tissue products comprising non-wood fibers and more particularly hesperaloe fiber. The inventors have discovered that high yield hesperaloe pulp fiber， when incorporated in amounts of at least about 5 percent by weight of the tissue product， produces products having a GMT less than about 1000 g/3" and a GM Slope less than about 7.0 kg. At the foregoing tensile strengths and modulus the tissue products of the present invention are also generally soft， such as having a Stiffness Index less than about 10.0， and more preferably less than about 9.0， such as from about 7.0 to about 9.0. The present invention provides soft， durable and bulky tissue products comprising non-wood fibers and more particularly hesperaloe fiber. The inventors have discovered that high yield hesperaloe pulp fiber， when incorporated in amounts of at least about 5 percent by weight of the tissue product， produces products having a GMT less than about 1000 g/3" and a GM Slope less than about 7.0 kg. At the foregoing tensile strengths and modulus the tissue products of the present invention are also generally soft， such as having a Stiffness Index less than about 10.0， and more preferably less than about 9.0， such as from about 7.0 to about 9.0.