Green Mattress: What does it Mean?

If you’ve spent time shopping for an organic mattress recently, you may have noticed the phrase green mattress appearing more and more. It’s popping up everywhere – in the names of products and manufacturing processes, on store marquees, even as the basis for names of entire companies.

A recent Google search turned up more than 124,000 instances of the phrase “green mattress” on the Web. But what does it really mean?

Unfortunately, the word “green” – like “natural,” “healthy,” or “eco-friendly” – has no consumer requirement. That means it can have different definitions depending on who’s using it. While it would be nice to think that the phrase “green mattress” reflects a deep, uncompromising commitment to human health and the environment, the reality is a little more cloudy.

“Green mattress” can be used to describe all kinds of Earth-unfriendly things: Petrochemical-foam blends, futons made from cotton sweepings treated with boric acid, even plastic-covered mattresses made in China and labeled as “organic.”

It’s enough to make even the most savvy shopper a little wary.

Lifekind is different. If you’re looking for a truly green mattress – one that’s certified organic – you’ve come to the right place. At Lifekind^®, we hold our materials, factory, and finished products up to scrutiny by independent certifiers. It’s the only way to prove that our products are what we say they are: Top-quality U.S.-grown and manufactured, certified organic, virtually free of chemical offgassing. (Even our thread is certified organic.)

We make our mattresses ourselves, in our own factory right here in Northern California. It’s the only mattress factory anywhere to be certified organic as a facility through Oregon Tilth. (That’s tough to do!)

A mattress really can be green. When the comfort and health of you and your family are at stake, the choice is clear for organic purity. Though choosing an organic mattress can be difficult, we’re confident that with a little investigation you’ll find that Lifekind^® truly is different. We make the purest organic mattress you can buy – and we can prove it.

Your health and the health of your family depend on your finding the purest “green” mattress out there. Why would you want to pay organic-mattress prices and get anything less than the best?

See all our Green Mattress products here.