diff --git a/exporter/loggingexporter/logging_exporter.go b/exporter/loggingexporter/logging_exporter.go
index cb9a0ae17ab..c16fa791db8 100644
--- a/exporter/loggingexporter/logging_exporter.go
+++ b/exporter/loggingexporter/logging_exporter.go
@@ -29,39 +29,62 @@ import (
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/internal/otlptext"
 )
 
+var (
+	logsMarshaler    = otlptext.NewTextLogsMarshaler()
+	metricsMarshaler = otlptext.NewTextMetricsMarshaler()
+	tracesMarshaler  = otlptext.NewTextTracesMarshaler()
+)
+
 type loggingExporter struct {
 	logger *zap.Logger
 	debug  bool
 }
 
-func (s *loggingExporter) pushTraces(
-	_ context.Context,
-	td pdata.Traces,
-) error {
-
+func (s *loggingExporter) pushTraces(_ context.Context, td pdata.Traces) error {
 	s.logger.Info("TracesExporter", zap.Int("#spans", td.SpanCount()))
 
 	if !s.debug {
 		return nil
 	}
 
-	s.logger.Debug(otlptext.Traces(td))
+	buf, err := tracesMarshaler.Marshal(td)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
 
+	s.logger.Debug(string(buf))
 	return nil
 }
 
-func (s *loggingExporter) pushMetrics(
-	_ context.Context,
-	md pdata.Metrics,
-) error {
+func (s *loggingExporter) pushMetrics(_ context.Context, md pdata.Metrics) error {
 	s.logger.Info("MetricsExporter", zap.Int("#metrics", md.MetricCount()))
 
 	if !s.debug {
 		return nil
 	}
 
-	s.logger.Debug(otlptext.Metrics(md))
+	buf, err := metricsMarshaler.Marshal(md)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
 
+	s.logger.Debug(string(buf))
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (s *loggingExporter) pushLogs(_ context.Context, ld pdata.Logs) error {
+	s.logger.Info("LogsExporter", zap.Int("#logs", ld.LogRecordCount()))
+
+	if !s.debug {
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	buf, err := logsMarshaler.Marshal(ld)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	s.logger.Debug(string(buf))
 	return nil
 }
 
@@ -128,21 +151,6 @@ func newLogsExporter(config config.Exporter, level string, logger *zap.Logger) (
 	)
 }
 
-func (s *loggingExporter) pushLogs(
-	_ context.Context,
-	ld pdata.Logs,
-) error {
-	s.logger.Info("LogsExporter", zap.Int("#logs", ld.LogRecordCount()))
-
-	if !s.debug {
-		return nil
-	}
-
-	s.logger.Debug(otlptext.Logs(ld))
-
-	return nil
-}
-
 func loggerSync(logger *zap.Logger) func(context.Context) error {
 	return func(context.Context) error {
 		// Currently Sync() return a different error depending on the OS.
diff --git a/internal/otlptext/databuffer.go b/internal/otlptext/databuffer.go
index e780606aece..e0ded503b31 100644
--- a/internal/otlptext/databuffer.go
+++ b/internal/otlptext/databuffer.go
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 package otlptext
 
 import (
+	"bytes"
 	"fmt"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
@@ -24,12 +25,12 @@ import (
 )
 
 type dataBuffer struct {
-	str strings.Builder
+	buf bytes.Buffer
 }
 
 func (b *dataBuffer) logEntry(format string, a ...interface{}) {
-	b.str.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf(format, a...))
-	b.str.WriteString("\n")
+	b.buf.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf(format, a...))
+	b.buf.WriteString("\n")
 }
 
 func (b *dataBuffer) logAttr(label string, value string) {
diff --git a/internal/otlptext/logs.go b/internal/otlptext/logs.go
index d2058e18da0..ae6b3a14e9a 100644
--- a/internal/otlptext/logs.go
+++ b/internal/otlptext/logs.go
@@ -14,10 +14,20 @@
 
 package otlptext
 
-import "go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer/pdata"
+import (
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer/pdata"
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/internal/model"
+)
 
-// Logs data to text
-func Logs(ld pdata.Logs) string {
+// NewTextLogsMarshaler returns a serializer.LogsMarshaler to encode to OTLP json bytes.
+func NewTextLogsMarshaler() model.LogsMarshaler {
+	return logsMarshaler{}
+}
+
+type logsMarshaler struct{}
+
+// Marshal data to text.
+func (logsMarshaler) Marshal(ld pdata.Logs) ([]byte, error) {
 	buf := dataBuffer{}
 	rls := ld.ResourceLogs()
 	for i := 0; i < rls.Len(); i++ {
@@ -39,5 +49,5 @@ func Logs(ld pdata.Logs) string {
 		}
 	}
 
-	return buf.str.String()
+	return buf.buf.Bytes(), nil
 }
diff --git a/internal/otlptext/logs_test.go b/internal/otlptext/logs_test.go
index cafa2f1c88d..69c29fd630a 100644
--- a/internal/otlptext/logs_test.go
+++ b/internal/otlptext/logs_test.go
@@ -39,7 +39,8 @@ func TestLogs(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 	for _, tt := range tests {
 		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
-			logs := Logs(tt.args.ld)
+			logs, err := NewTextLogsMarshaler().Marshal(tt.args.ld)
+			assert.NoError(t, err)
 			if !tt.empty {
 				assert.NotEmpty(t, logs)
 			}
diff --git a/internal/otlptext/metrics.go b/internal/otlptext/metrics.go
index c9d5cc1c15f..5b08fa29c46 100644
--- a/internal/otlptext/metrics.go
+++ b/internal/otlptext/metrics.go
@@ -14,10 +14,20 @@
 
 package otlptext
 
-import "go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer/pdata"
+import (
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer/pdata"
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/internal/model"
+)
 
-// Metrics data to text
-func Metrics(md pdata.Metrics) string {
+// NewTextMetricsMarshaler returns a serializer.MetricsMarshaler to encode to OTLP json bytes.
+func NewTextMetricsMarshaler() model.MetricsMarshaler {
+	return metricsMarshaler{}
+}
+
+type metricsMarshaler struct{}
+
+// Marshal data to text.
+func (metricsMarshaler) Marshal(md pdata.Metrics) ([]byte, error) {
 	buf := dataBuffer{}
 	rms := md.ResourceMetrics()
 	for i := 0; i < rms.Len(); i++ {
@@ -39,5 +49,5 @@ func Metrics(md pdata.Metrics) string {
 		}
 	}
 
-	return buf.str.String()
+	return buf.buf.Bytes(), nil
 }
diff --git a/internal/otlptext/metrics_test.go b/internal/otlptext/metrics_test.go
index cb853c731e7..4032318956b 100644
--- a/internal/otlptext/metrics_test.go
+++ b/internal/otlptext/metrics_test.go
@@ -39,7 +39,8 @@ func TestMetrics(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 	for _, tt := range tests {
 		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
-			metrics := Metrics(tt.args.md)
+			metrics, err := NewTextMetricsMarshaler().Marshal(tt.args.md)
+			assert.NoError(t, err)
 			if !tt.empty {
 				assert.NotEmpty(t, metrics)
 			}
diff --git a/internal/otlptext/traces.go b/internal/otlptext/traces.go
index 6718ccd169c..ce12785b2bd 100644
--- a/internal/otlptext/traces.go
+++ b/internal/otlptext/traces.go
@@ -14,10 +14,20 @@
 
 package otlptext
 
-import "go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer/pdata"
+import (
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer/pdata"
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/internal/model"
+)
 
-// Traces data to text
-func Traces(td pdata.Traces) string {
+// NewTextTracesMarshaler returns a serializer.TracesMarshaler to encode to OTLP json bytes.
+func NewTextTracesMarshaler() model.TracesMarshaler {
+	return tracesMarshaler{}
+}
+
+type tracesMarshaler struct{}
+
+// Marshal data to text.
+func (tracesMarshaler) Marshal(td pdata.Traces) ([]byte, error) {
 	buf := dataBuffer{}
 	rss := td.ResourceSpans()
 	for i := 0; i < rss.Len(); i++ {
@@ -52,5 +62,5 @@ func Traces(td pdata.Traces) string {
 		}
 	}
 
-	return buf.str.String()
+	return buf.buf.Bytes(), nil
 }
diff --git a/internal/otlptext/traces_test.go b/internal/otlptext/traces_test.go
index 87b1b32009c..b25998b7093 100644
--- a/internal/otlptext/traces_test.go
+++ b/internal/otlptext/traces_test.go
@@ -37,7 +37,8 @@ func TestTraces(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 	for _, tt := range tests {
 		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
-			traces := Traces(tt.args.td)
+			traces, err := NewTextTracesMarshaler().Marshal(tt.args.td)
+			assert.NoError(t, err)
 			if !tt.empty {
 				assert.NotEmpty(t, traces)
 			}