Question from Jamie
I am looking to buy a organic mattress. Have you heard of this company and is this a true organic mattress? www.thenaturalmattressstore.com
Debra’s Answer
I hadn’t heard of this company until you just wrote to me, but I looked at their website and it seems like they are using all the right materials.
There is a legal thing however about labeling a mattress “organic,” which I explained at Q&A: What is an Organic Mattress?
They have pdfs of all their certifications at www.thenaturalmattressstore.com/certifications, but they are all for the materials. There is no certification for “organic mattress.”
I don’t think they are trying to be misleading. Perhaps they just don’t know about the requirement for GOTS certification in order to use the term “organic mattress.”
Otherwise, the materials and construction look fine to me and they have a gorgeous website. If the workmanship on their mattresses is anything like the quality of their website…wow.
Hi Debra,
That retailer is in Northern California. Not all of their beds use organic materials. Some of their beds use rubberized coconut coir, and they also carry Keetsa, a Chinese memory foam mattress maker.
You are 100% correct, there is no such thing as an “organic mattress” its a marketing term because, as you stated, there is no governing body certifying completed mattresses. But its widely held that an organic mattress should have as much organic and natural content as possible. Though expensive, most of their mattresses are pretty simple: organic cotton, organic wool and pure latex.