Buckwheat Hulls Buying Guide: What to Look For

When it comes to Buckwheat Pillows, you have a lot of choices. 

Unfortunately a lot of pillows are cheaply made, lack the attention to detail or quality that we belief is crucial for products that are to help with getting better sleep.

In This Article we'll show you how you can distinguish good from bad buckwheat hulls so you can make a better choice where to buy your pillow from.

There are 2 types of Buckwheat Hulls which are commonly used in Pillows.

Roasted Buckwheat Hulls :

Heat treated/non heat treated Organic Buckwheat Hulls:

Roasted Hulls appear weak and fragile compared to Heat Treated/non treated versions and are used in lower priced pillows on Amazon, Walmart etc.

They've almost lost all of their 3D triangular shape which makes Buckwheat Hulls so unique as pillow filling material.

This reflects in the durability of the pillow as the hulls break down much faster than regular heat treated ones as well as the pillow not sleeping as cool as one with hulls that are only heat treated and or not treated at all as these hulls keep their 3D triangular shape.

Roasted hulls are also called tartary buckwheat hulls but ultimately it's the roasting process that makes them fragile and easily breakable.