What Is Natural Bedding?
In some people’s view, natural bedding equals to organic bedding. As organic bedding is 100% natural and free away toxic chemicals in making, people sometimes use natural bedding to refer to organic bedding. In fact, natural fiber bedding is just these made from fibers found in nature.
Natural fibers are divided into three types:
- Vegetable fibers, just like cotton, hemp and flax, which derive from plants ;
- Protein fibers, such as wool, alpaca and cashmere, which are from wool and hairs of animals;
- Elastic fibrous secretion of silkworm larvae, used to make silk;
However, these bedding is not always produced and processed under certified conditions as organic.
What Is Organic Bedding?
All organic bedding must have been certified by an accredited certification organization according to strict national or international standards. The natural fabrics for organic bedding are derived from plants nurtured without the use of toxic insecticides, herbicides or fungicides. The production and processing of organic bedding are eco-friendly and free-chemicals. For example, some bedding is made from natural fibers, but not organic. The reason is as follows: in conventional production, high levels of chemicals are used to clean and bleach the fibers. Conventional dyes usually contains many dangerous heavy metals, which cause serious pollution to water. In fact, to decide whether bedding is natural fiber bedding is that it is certified to be made using organic elements.
So, there are still many difference between natural bedding and organic bedding. As an excellent mattress protector manufacturer, we will keep providing the latest information and remaining at the forefront of the science development, providing more green products.