The best way to tell you’re getting a real-deal organic latex mattress is a Global Organic Latex Standard (GOLS) certification. GOLS is considered the gold standard for organic latex, and their requirements for latex farming, processing, manufacture, packaging, and shipping often go above and beyond the minimum standard for an “Organic Certified” seal. GOLS protects not just the end consumer, but the workers who make the latex products and the environments in which they’re manufactured. They do this through a range of specifications about things like: Worker hours and pay. Chemicals permitted in processing. Minimum organic fiber content. Wastewater disposal. Energy and resource consumption. Facility cleanliness and safety procedures.