In this video, a hemp industry veteran with a decade of experience explains his three‑point checklist for choosing a reliable sports cream or any hemp topical. First, he stresses the importance of clear labeling of the hemp extract type—broad‑spectrum, full‑spectrum, or isolate—and warns against vague claims like “milligrams of hemp” that often indicate only hemp seed oil. Second, he examines secondary ingredients, highlighting the inclusion of recovery agents such as menthol and camphor alongside natural botanicals (rosemary, lavender, wintergreen, peppermint, aloe, olive oil) to keep the product plant‑derived. Third, he evaluates the dispensing system, preferring airless pump bottles that prevent oxidation and bacterial contamination compared with open‑lid balms. He also advises checking for third‑party lab testing, QR‑code verification, and authentic, non‑spammy customer reviews. The speaker invites viewers to ask product‑specific questions in the comments.
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C'mon, you Reds! First European semifinal in decades. Uh, but that's not the point of this video. Just got done with a run, so I thought this was a perfect time to follow up the gummy buyer's guide video with a sports cream video. Just wanted to take you all through how, as a hemp founder, hemp insider, been in the industry for 10 years, kind of how I go about thinking about shopping for a sports cream, or it's any topical product really for that matter. So the first thing I look at is, does it list the hemp extract type on the bottle. So you're looking for broad spectrum, full spectrum, or isolate. Be careful of things that just say like a million milligrams of hemp, very general like that. It's probably just hemp seed oil. So we do all our products broad spectrum, and that's just a choice I made, a personal choice. So that's, that's how we do it. The second thing is The secondary ingredients, so obviously you got hemp extract, menthol, camphor, some key athletic recovery ingredients, and then just make sure there's other botanical ingredients in there. We're Kyoto Botanicals, so we do as much botanical stuff as possible. So we've got rosemary, lavender, wintergreen, peppermint, aloe, olive oil. So just trying to be as natural as possible. As close to nature as possible, as plant-derived as possible. And then menthol and camphor as well. And then the third big thing I look for is how you dispense it. So we have an airless pump top, so it's just a sports-like pump bottle, so you don't have to actually touch it. So I tend to stay away from balms just because you open the lid, you start oxidizing, and then you have to reach your fingers in, so you're transferring any bacteria from your skin on contact into the product, so it could just shorten the shelf life. There's a risk of that happening. With our pump-top bottle, it just squirts right out into your hand, keeps the oil separate or the cream separate from the environment, separate from your hands. And so the first pump to the last pump is the right strength and as clean as possible. So those are kind of my 3 key things to look for. Obviously, as a company, lab testing, QR code on the package, look for honest Verified buyer reviews, no weird review patterns like 100 reviews in a day all saying the same thing, that sort of thing. So, you know, just use your gut from a company perspective. Do your research, go poke around our website. Happy to talk through any individual product any of you have, so drop it in the comments if you need some help. That's it for today. Thanks. Come on, you Reds!
