What about what we call, in the US, coffee stirs? Those might work. Never bought them to know if you can get a smaller pack at a reasonable price. I have no need for 5,000 coffee stirs.
Ok. I can picture your thin drinking straws. I like them better than my splintering wood sticks.
Sorry to get off tangent. Coffee stirs might work as well for the little or delicate fruit because they are pretty stiff.