HHC Quality & Safety – What You Need to Know

• Don’t purchase HHC from sources that don’t – or won’t – provide you with a COA (Certificate of Analysis) from a reputable third-party lab authorized to accurately identify and measure HHC potency, such as KCA Laboratories and Gobi Analytical.
• Ensure the COA features a QR code linked to the testing lab’s website. When you scan the QR code, the presented COA should be identical to the one posted by the seller. The client name on a COA should be your seller, and there should be no redacted or blurred fields.
• Pure HHC, without added terpenes or other blended ingredients, should have 98%+ 9R-HHC and 9S-HHC. There may be trace amounts of Delta-8 THC present (less than 0.3%) and trace minor cannabinoids, such as CBN or CBC. A COA for HHC products should not show significant percentages of “unknown cannabinoids,” or THC or minor cannabinoids unless advertised as intentionally added ingredients. 

Unfortunately, according to the experts at KCA Laboratories, less-scrupulous brands are labeling (and selling) products with different chemical structures as “HHC.” 

Not only is this practice sneaky and confusing, but it also has the potential to cause real trouble.

While HHC has been studied for safety in humans and animals since its discovery in the 1940s, knockoff compounds haven’t undergone this testing. 

As a result, these falsely labeled compounds will disappoint consumers and may even violate the 2018 Farm Bill that makes it legal to enjoy hemp products like genuine HHC.