Question from Jeanmarie
I was looking to purchase a mattress online and came across a mattress made of palm visco. It claimed to be “natural” but as you know that means nothing. I could not find any info on palm visco. Could you help me? I don’t want to regret my purchase.
Debra’s Answer
It looks to me to be a memory foam made with palm oil, a variation of the foams made with soy. I can’t find any information on this memory foam specifically, however these foams are usually made with standard polyurethane with only a small percentage replaced with the oil.
Unless I had more documentation, I wouldn’t trust this to be made from 100% palm oil.
Regarding the palm viscos mattresses, I am looking at one that has a diagram of inside the mattress. It has a 2″ layer of palm viscos (organic). However, below that is a 5″ HR layer of foam. I’m not sure if all HR foam is polyurethane so I sent an email to the company for clarification. There is fire retardant on the mattress cover. This might not be as bad as some treated mattresses. Do some have fire retardant throughout the mattress instead of just on the mattress cover?