CBDfx Gummies, Tinctures, Capsules, Vapes and Mushroom Products Review: One of the Oldest and Best-Rated Brands Here — And One Product We'd Tell You to Leave Alone

Product Overview

CBDfx trades as Newhere, Inc. from Chatsworth, California, and the BBB records it as starting on 10 November 2012 with an A+ rating, though it is not BBB accredited. Thirteen years is a long run in this category and the A+ is earned; on the conventional CBD side this is one of the more solid operations we have reviewed.

The catalogue runs to 63 listings covering CBD gummies, tinctures, capsules and softgels, topicals, vape pens and vape juice, pet treats and oils, functional mushroom formulas, and hemp-derived delta-9 THC products. Pricing sits at the premium end: gummies from $54.99, tinctures $49.99 to $149.99, softgels up to $284.98 and delta-9 vape juice at $79.99.

The functional mushroom line is genuinely well documented and worth separating clearly from the product we have concerns about. The Focus Blend tincture lists cordyceps, lion's mane and chaga alongside CBD and CBG; the Relax Blend lists reishi, maitake, turkey tail and elderberry with CBD and CBN; and a wellness gummy uses seven mushrooms. These are ordinary adaptogenic and nootropic species — not psychoactive, not controversial, and CBDfx names them all with the rest of the ingredients. That is better disclosure than most of this category offers.

Then there is Microdose Mushroom Gummies at $29.99, which is a different kind of product entirely, and the bulk of this review is about why.

CBDfx also sells hemp-derived delta-9 THC in vape juice, vape pens and gummies, all of which face a federal change on 12 November 2026.

Ingredients & Amounts

The functional mushroom tinctures are a good example of what proper labelling looks like: the Focus Blend lists hemp extract, cannabinoids, cordyceps, lion's mane, chaga, vegetable glycerine, purified water, Sicilian lemon flavouring and terpenes, with strengths given for both cannabinoids. You can evaluate that formula. The Microdose Mushroom Gummies are the opposite — a proprietary blend with no amounts disclosed for anything, which matters far more than usual given what is in it. On price, CBDfx sits at the premium end throughout; a 1500mg gummy jar at $54.99 works out around 3.7 cents per milligram of CBD against roughly one cent from the value leaders in this category.

What the Manufacturer Claims

Two of these deserve credit and one deserves scrutiny. Stating explicitly that the microdose gummies contain no psilocybin, psilacetin or Amanita muscaria is genuinely responsible — it heads off a dangerous misunderstanding, since a buyer assuming they had bought a psilocybin product might dose accordingly. The 'may cause psychotropic effects' warning and the advice to start with half a gummy are also right. What is missing is any explanation of where that psychotropic effect comes from. It is not the mushrooms. Lion's mane, cordyceps, chaga and turkey tail are not psychoactive. The active psychotropic ingredients are Himalayan mad honey and kanna, and the product name points away from both. On the 'organically grown' claim, a BBB reviewer contends the company holds neither USDA organic nor cGMP certification; we could not verify either way, so treat descriptive language as descriptive rather than certified.

What the Science Actually Supports

The functional mushrooms are the reasonable part of this catalogue. Lion's mane has preliminary human evidence for cognitive measures, mostly small trials. Cordyceps, chaga, reishi, maitake and turkey tail have long traditional use and a body of preclinical work, with limited controlled human data. None is psychoactive and none is dangerous at culinary or supplement doses for most people. Turkey tail derivatives have genuine oncology research behind them in adjunct settings, which is not the same as the gummy doing anything comparable.

CBD itself has one FDA-approved use, Epidiolex, for specific rare epilepsies. For sleep, anxiety and general pain the consumer evidence is thin and inconsistent, with a large placebo response.

CBN and CBG, in the calming and wellness tinctures, are marketed for sleep and focus respectively on very limited controlled human evidence.

Melatonin, in the sleep gummies, is the best-evidenced ingredient in the catalogue — genuinely useful for circadian problems such as jet lag and shifted sleep timing, more modest for general insomnia.

Himalayan mad honey is the ingredient that requires proper attention. Its psychoactive and physiological effects come from grayanotoxins, naturally occurring sodium channel toxins found in nectar from plants in the Ericaceae family. The published clinical literature on grayanotoxin poisoning is substantial and consistent: it produces a cholinergic toxidrome causing hypotension, sinus bradycardia, dizziness, nausea, vomiting and altered mental status. Case series document syncope, complete heart block, presentations mimicking acute myocardial infarction, and shock. Treatment is intravenous fluids and atropine, usually successful, with severe cases occasionally requiring temporary cardiac pacing. This is documented in peer-reviewed case series from Turkey, Nepal and — notably — a US case series from the Burning Man festival.

Kanna (Sceletium tortuosum) is a South African succulent whose alkaloids inhibit serotonin reuptake. That is the mechanism shared with SSRI antidepressants, which is precisely why it matters if you take one.

Yerba mate contributes caffeine.

Limits of That Evidence

Directions, Warnings & Allergens

Pricing, Subscription, Refunds & Shipping

Pros & Cons

Who It May Be Best For

• •Buyers who want conventional CBD from a long-established company with an A+ record
• •Anyone interested in properly labelled functional mushroom formulas with named species
• •People who value thirteen years of trading history over the lowest price
• •Pet owners wanting CBD products from an established brand

Who Should Avoid It

• •You have any cardiac condition, low blood pressure, or take blood-pressure medication — specifically regarding the Microdose gummies
• •You take an SSRI, SNRI, MAOI, tramadol or triptans — the kanna interaction is the concern
• •You are drug tested for work, sport, a licence or legal reasons
• •You are pregnant or breastfeeding
• •You take warfarin or another blood thinner, without checking with a pharmacist
• •You want to know exactly how much of an active you are taking — the microdose blend is proprietary
• •You are price-sensitive; comparable CBD costs a quarter of this
• •You were planning to stock up on delta-9 THC products before November 2026

Alternatives

Frequently Asked Questions

Our Take

On its conventional products CBDfx is one of the better brands in this series. Thirteen years of trading, an A+ BBB rating, a broad and well-organised range, and functional mushroom formulas that name every species in the bottle — cordyceps, lion's mane and chaga in one, reishi, maitake and turkey tail in another — with cannabinoid strengths stated properly. That is the kind of labelling we have spent this whole series asking for.

One product is different, and we would tell a friend to leave it alone. Microdose Mushroom Gummies carry a warning that they 'may cause psychotropic effects', and CBDfx deserves real credit for stating clearly that they contain no psilocybin, psilacetin or Amanita muscaria — that heads off a genuinely dangerous misunderstanding. But the psychoactive effect comes from Himalayan mad honey and kanna, and neither appears in the product's name.

Mad honey is not an exotic sweetener. It contains grayanotoxins, sodium channel toxins with an extensive clinical literature describing hypotension, bradycardia, syncope, complete heart block and presentations that mimic a heart attack, treated with intravenous fluids and atropine. Grayanotoxin content varies widely between honey batches, and CBDfx publishes no amount because the blend is proprietary. Kanna, meanwhile, inhibits serotonin reuptake — the same mechanism as an SSRI. Neither the cardiac nor the serotonergic interaction is mentioned on the page.

The delta-9 vape juices, THC pens and THC gummies also face 12 November 2026, when Section 781 caps hemp-derived cannabinoid products at 0.4mg of total THC per container.

We rate CBDfx 3.3 out of 5 — a long-established, well-labelled CBD brand carrying one product whose name points away from its most consequential ingredient.

Buy the CBD and the functional mushroom formulas if the price suits you; they are honestly presented and the company has the record to back them. Skip the Microdose Mushroom Gummies — and if you take blood-pressure medication or an antidepressant, treat that as more than a preference.