The answers to all your organic mattress questions.
We get tons of questions on the makeup of our organic mattresses—so we have posted them here so you can see. If you would like to take a look, come to Woodstock Organic Mattress for a visit. Also, if you’re shopping around for an organic mattress, use these questions as a guideline when speaking to the salesperson.
Q: If no chemicals are used to make my organic mattress, what serves as the fire retardant?
A: Your organic mattress is wrapped in our special blend of eco-friendly and organic wool, which serves as a natural fire retardant.
Q: Is the wool soaked in any harmful chemicals, such as boric acid?
A: No. The wool is scoured and cleaned with an uber-gentle soap called Biokleen. The wool goes through five levels of cleaning and rinsing (you can just imagine how squeaky clean it is at the end of it all!)
Q: Is there any polyester inside of my organic mattress or inside the outer fabric?
A: No. Polyester is a synthetic polymer made from crude oil, which is essentially purified terephthalic acid (PTA), dimethyl ester dimethyl terephthalate (DMT) and monoethylene glycol MEG). WJ Southard’s motto is, if we cannot pronounce it, we won’t put it in your organic mattress. All of the materials used to make your mattress are organic, natural, and sustainable. Polyester does not fit that build.
Q: Is there any polyurethane foam inside?
A: No. Like polyester, polyurethane foam is made from chemicals.
Q: Is the latex 100% natural? Does it contain any synthetic latex (SBR)?
A: The first part of this question is a trick question, because there’s no such thing as 100% natural. Latex, in its natural form is a liquid. Some materials, like zinc oxide, fatty acid soaps, sulfur, and sodium, are added to take it from a liquid to a solid state. The end result is 98% pure latex. However, some will claim 100% natural, but it contains synthetic latex (SBR), which is made from two oil-derivatives: styrene and butadiene. If you’re shopping for a latex mattress, make sure you ask whether or not it’s synthetic.
