Description
Four twelve ounce cans of grapefruit THC seltzer, each carrying 5 mg of hemp derived delta-9 and 5 mg of cannabidiol. A can is one serving, which is the whole point of the format and the thing that separates it from a 100 mg shot sold as four servings. Twenty milligrams of delta-9 across the pack, carbonated, with no sugar and five calories a can.
What is in a can
Serving size, container size and the per can figures, all printed. There is nothing to divide and nothing to measure.
- THC seltzer: 5 mg hemp derived delta-9 and 5 mg cannabidiol per 12 oz can
- Count: 4 cans. Pack totals: 20 mg delta-9 and 20 mg cannabidiol
- Sugar: none. Sweetener and calories per can are on the panel
- Emulsifier: named on the ingredient list, not described as a technology
- Age restriction: adults 21 and over
- Price: $22 a four pack, with the price per milligram printed under it
One can of thc seltzer, one serving
Serving size is where the drinks aisle gets slippery. A 2 ounce shot at 100 mg across four servings is 25 mg a quarter bottle, and the front label only shouts the 100. A can of THC seltzer is a single serving at a stated figure, so the arithmetic is done before you open it. The drinks range prints container total, serving total and serving count on every listing, then the per milligram price underneath all three.
How a cannabinoid gets into a carbonated drink
By emulsification. Delta-9 and cannabidiol are both oils and neither dissolves in water, so they are broken into very small droplets with gum acacia, a modified starch or a polysorbate, and the emulsifier is named on the can. Droplet size decides whether the liquid is clear and whether anything separates on standing; a product that separates says so on its page. Carbonation adds a second problem, because an emulsion in a pressurised can has a shorter stable life than the same emulsion flat, which is why the best before date on a THC seltzer is nearer than the one on a tincture.
Sugar free, and what replaces it
Five calories a can means the sweetener is not sugar, and the panel names which one it is rather than leaving it at the word sweetened. Carbonation does some of the work that sugar usually does in a flavoured drink, since bubbles carry aroma, and grapefruit is bitter enough that a sugar free version tastes closer to the real thing than a sweet flavour would. THC seltzer is also the one format here with no fat in it at all, which matters because fat changes cannabinoid absorption and a can of carbonated water has none to offer.
Testing
Every production run of this THC seltzer is assayed by a laboratory outside this business: the full cannabinoid panel, the delta-9 figure in milligrams per can, residual solvents, heavy metals and microbials. Per can assay rather than a batch average is the figure that matters on a filled beverage, because fill accuracy varies down a line. Runs measuring below their printed milligrams are withdrawn and the failing certificate stays published, and reading the sheet is covered in how to read a certificate of analysis.
What is published about drinking it
Pharmacokinetics, and the finding is variability. Published work on swallowed delta-9 reports a slow onset measured in tens of minutes to hours and wide differences between individuals, and emulsified beverages have been studied less than oils and capsules, with the available data suggesting droplet size and the presence of food both change absorption. None of that supports a specific onset claim for a specific can. Those sentences describe the state of the literature rather than this product, and the federal position on hemp derived products is set out at fda.gov.
Adults 21 and over only. Several states treat hemp derived delta-9 drinks as intoxicating hemp and regulate or ban them, and checkout blocks shipping where this one is not lawful. Chill before opening and keep it away from children. The certificate for the current run is linked on this page.
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