Award-Winning Cannabis Brands: How to Read the List
A practical guide to award-winning cannabis brands: which competitions matter, which names keep placing, and how to verify a trophy claim.
Top pick: 710 Labs
710 Labs sells flower in numbered, limited drops. Each jar lists harvest date, batch number, and the cultivation license number. The company grows in California and Colorado and supplies licensed retailers in several states. An eighth (3.5 g) runs $50 to $70 in California shops. Prices shift by city and by retailer.
Award-Winning Cannabis Brands: How to Read the List
Why it takes the top spot: the cure. Buds hold intact trichomes, stems snap, and labels show harvest dates inside 60 days of sale. Terpene percentages on the package read higher than mass-market flower at the same price.
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Runner-up: Alien Labs
Alien Labs is a California cultivator with a fixed strain library. The brand runs its own retail in California and ships wholesale to other licensed shops. Eighths sit near $55 to $75. Many batches test in the 25% to 32% THC range, based on label data from licensed labs.
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Caveat: supply is tight. Shops sell out of a drop in days. If a listing shows an old harvest date, ask for the next batch.
Best value: Cannabiotix (CBX)
Cannabiotix operates in Nevada and California. The brand sells larger package sizes, including 7 g and 14 g jars, which lowers the price per gram. A 7 g jar runs $70 to $95 in Nevada. Trim method varies by product line, and the package does not always state it.
Best small-batch: Fig Farms
Fig Farms is a California cultivator with small harvests and a short strain list. Drops land at a limited number of licensed shops. Eighths run $45 to $60. Batch lab results are not posted on most retailer menus, so ask the shop for the test sheet.
What "craft" means on a label
No agency defines craft cannabis. The word is marketing. Use these signals instead:
- Harvest date printed on the package
- Batch or lot number
- Cultivation license number
- Hand trim listed as a method
- Terpene totals above 2%
- Package date inside 90 days
How to compare two jars
- Read the harvest date first. Old flower loses terpenes.
- Compare terpene totals, not THC alone. THC above 30% does not predict effect.
- Check the license number against the state track-and-trace system.
- Ask the budtender which batch arrived this week.
Testing and law
Legal states such as California, Colorado, and Nevada require lab tests for cannabinoids, pesticides, microbials, heavy metals, and residual solvents before sale. Cannabis stays illegal under federal law. The CDC notes that product potency and effects vary, and that state rules differ.
What is not known
Sales figures for craft flower are private for most brands. No public dataset separates craft from mass-market flower in the US. Rankings here rest on package data, price, and label detail.