Method of pulping cotton-based raw material

A method of pulping a cotton-based raw material for producing dissolving pulp, said method comprising:

• a. an incubation step for generating the dissolving pulp by incubating the cotton-based raw material with an alkaline solution in combination with a gaseous oxidizing agent in a pressurized vessel
• i. at a temperature of about 90-about 185° C.,
• ii. for an incubation time of about 45-about 270 min,
• iii. in the presence of a cellulose-stabilizing additive,
• iv. at a concentration of alkali of about 1-about 35% (w/w) of the cotton-based raw material, and
• v. at an initial gas pressure of about 1-about 21 bar (about 0.1 MPa-about 2.1 MPa), thereby generating the dissolving pulp;
• and
• b. a step of washing the dissolving pulp,
• wherein the cotton-based raw material is a pre- or post-consumer material,
• wherein step a. is the only step for generating the dissolving pulp.