The Best Non-Toxic Highchairs (2025): Safe Seats for Mealtime

Updated for 2025. All products independently researched. Some links are affiliate links — we earn a small commission at no cost to you.

Your baby will sit in their highchair for hundreds of meals. That’s hundreds of hours of skin contact, mouthing the tray edges, and breathing whatever the chair off-gasses. Most parents obsess over what food to put ON the tray but never think about what the tray itself is made of.

Here’s what to look for in a non-toxic highchair — and our top picks at every price point.

What Makes a Highchair “Non-Toxic”?

• No flame retardants in seat pads or cushions
• BPA/BPS-free tray — especially important since baby will gnaw on the edges
• No PVC in the seat cover or straps
• Low-VOC or water-based finishes on wood chairs
• GREENGUARD Gold certified is the gold standard for off-gassing
• No lead or heavy metals in paint or coatings

Our Top Picks

Best Overall: Stokke Tripp Trapp

Price: $259-$299 | Material: European beech wood | Certifications: Water-based paint, meets EU safety standards

The Tripp Trapp has been the gold standard for 50+ years. Solid European beech wood with water-based, non-toxic lacquer. No plastic tray (you use the table), no seat cushion needed (no flame retardants to worry about), and it grows with your child from 6 months to adult. Yes, it’s expensive upfront, but this is genuinely a buy-once, use-for-15-years chair.

Best Budget: IKEA Antilop

Price: $20-$25 | Material: Polypropylene (BPA-free) | Certifications: Meets IKEA chemical standards

Hear me out: the $20 IKEA Antilop is actually one of the safest highchairs you can buy. It’s made from a single piece of BPA-free polypropylene — no cushions (no flame retardants), no paint (no lead), no fabric (no PFAS). It’s the minimalist approach to non-toxic. Every pediatric feeding therapist I’ve spoken to recommends it.

Best Mid-Range: Abiie Beyond

Price: $180-$220 | Material: European beech wood | Certifications: GREENGUARD Gold, ASTM certified

If you want the Stokke look at a lower price, the Abiie Beyond delivers. GREENGUARD Gold certified (the highest standard for chemical emissions), solid beech wood, and it includes a removable BPA-free plastic tray. Grows from 6 months to 250 lbs.

Best Portable: Inglesina Fast Table Chair

Price: $65-$75 | Material: Steel frame, polyester seat | Good for: Restaurants, travel, small spaces

Clamps to any table edge. The fabric seat is OEKO-TEX certified, which means it’s been tested for harmful substances. No tray to worry about (baby eats directly off the table). Folds flat for travel.

Highchairs We Don’t Recommend

We specifically avoid recommending highchairs with:

• Heavily padded fabric seats (almost always treated with flame retardants)
• Vinyl/PVC seat covers (contain phthalates and chlorine)
• Brightly painted plastic with no certification info (lead risk in imported models)
• Complex plastic mechanisms with lots of crevices (harbor mold, impossible to fully clean)

When in doubt, simpler is safer. The fewer materials and finishes involved, the fewer chemicals your baby is exposed to.

— Angela Grace