CleanAF CBD Review – Good Lab Testing, and a THC Line With a Deadline

CleanAF is a Clearwater, Florida hemp brand selling CBD gummies, tinctures, topicals and vapes alongside a separate line of hemp-derived THC products. Gummies are $29.99 and tinctures $39.99 to $59.99, and the company publishes batch-specific lab results — which puts it ahead of most of the category. It is for adults who want a mainstream CBD product from a brand that will show you the paperwork. The catch is that the THC half of the range is sold on a legal basis that has a known expiry date roughly three months from now, and nothing on the site tells you that.

Overview

CleanAF sells two distinct things under one brand, and conflating them is the main way buyers get into trouble:

• The broad spectrum CBD line — gummies, tinctures, topicals, vape products — marketed as “THC free” and non-intoxicating. This is the conventional CBD offer.
• The hemp-derived THC line — THC gummies, vape juice, pens, cartridges and “full-spec” tinctures. These are intoxicating products. The Black Cherry THC Sleep gummy, for example, is listed at 5mg delta-9 THC per gummy alongside 20mg CBD, 20mg CBN and 5mg melatonin.

The company says its products are manufactured in-house in Clearwater, Florida, use US-grown hemp, and are around 90% organic ingredients. It ships in child-resistant locking jars, which is a meaningful detail for anything containing THC or melatonin in a house with children.

Everything below reflects CleanAF’s published product and policy pages as they read on 7 August 2026, plus the current federal statutory position. We have not bought or tested any of these products.

The November 2026 Deadline on the THC Line

This is the most consequential fact on the page, and it applies to the whole hemp-THC category rather than to CleanAF specifically — but CleanAF sells into it, and its own product pages still cite the legal basis that is being replaced.

Do the arithmetic against what is on sale. A single 5mg delta-9 gummy contains more than twelve times the entire per-container allowance. A jar of them is not marginally over the line; it is orders of magnitude over. Under the new definition, products at that potency do not qualify as hemp.

Meanwhile CleanAF’s THC pages state the products are “legal under the 2018 Farm Bill” and contain “less than 0.3% ∆9-tetrahydrocannabinol.” That was accurate when written and remains the operative test today. It is also precisely the standard being superseded — the 0.3%-by-weight test is what allowed a large gummy to carry 5mg of THC and still count as hemp, and the new law replaces it with an absolute milligram cap for exactly that reason. A legality claim resting on a rule with a published sunset is not false, but it is incomplete in a way that matters to someone spending money today.

What this means practically, and we would say the same about any brand in this category:

• Do not stockpile intoxicating hemp products on the assumption the category continues. Buy what you will use before November.
• Do not build a routine around one that you would struggle to stop, because supply may simply end.
• The broad spectrum CBD line is the safer purchase. Products marketed as THC free are the ones most likely to remain compliant, which inverts the usual advice that full-spectrum is the premium option.
• Enforcement is a separate question from legality. Legal commentary notes the practical enforcement mechanisms remain uncertain, and state law varies independently. Uncertain enforcement is not a reason to treat the deadline as theoretical.

How Buying Works, Step by Step

1. Pick a line first, not a flavour. Decide whether you want the THC-free broad spectrum range or the intoxicating THC range. This decision governs drug testing, legality and whether you can drive. Flavour is the last question, not the first.
2. Check the potency before you add to cart. Several product pages we read did not state milligrams in the text — see the pricing section below. Look at the label image or the batch certificate.
3. Order over $50 for free shipping. Below that, shipping is charged, so a single $29.99 jar is not the efficient purchase.
4. Consider Subscribe & Save carefully. The option is offered; the discount percentage was not stated on the pages we checked. Given the November deadline, a recurring order for a THC product is a subscription to a category with a known end date — check the cancellation terms before starting one.
5. Match the batch on arrival. Find the batch ID on the package and pull up the matching certificate. This is the step that makes published lab results worth anything, and almost nobody does it.

Pricing and What You Can Actually Compare

This is a genuine gap for a brand that markets on transparency, and it is odd given the company does the harder transparency work well — it publishes batch lab results, which most competitors do not. Our advice is practical rather than punitive: before buying, open the batch certificate or zoom in on the label image, divide milligrams by price, and compare that number against another brand. If the potency is competitive, the price is fine.

On the rest of the cost picture: shipping is free above $50, so combining two items is cheaper than buying one. Returns are accepted within 30 days, but only for items that are unused and in original packaging — so this is not a satisfaction guarantee. You can return a jar you decided against; you cannot return one that did not work for you. For a consumable, that distinction is the whole ballgame, and it is worth knowing before you buy four flavours to find one you like.

Lab Testing: The Part They Do Well

Credit where it is due. CleanAF publishes batch-specific certificates of analysis indexed by batch ID, with a direct PDF for each — covering vape pens, cartridges, vape juice, tinctures and topicals. You can match the batch number on your package to a specific report.

That is materially better than the common alternative, which is a single generic “lab tested” badge or one undated certificate standing in for every batch ever made. Hemp is a bioaccumulator — it draws heavy metals and pesticide residues out of the soil it grows in — so batch-level testing is not a nicety in this category. A brand willing to publish per-batch is telling you something real about its process.

Two caveats keep this from being a clean win. The index page we checked did not identify which laboratory performed the testing, and did not state the scope — whether each certificate covers potency only, or also pesticides, heavy metals, residual solvents and microbials. Those are the four contaminant panels that matter, and residual solvents matter most for vape products. Open a certificate for the specific product you are considering and check which panels it actually contains before treating “lab tested” as reassurance.

If You Are Here Because of Weight Loss

Most readers of this site are working on weight, so one point deserves stating plainly: THC stimulates appetite. That is not a folk observation — synthetic THC is an FDA-approved appetite stimulant, prescribed precisely because it makes people eat more. If you are taking a GLP-1 medication or otherwise working to reduce appetite, an intoxicating THC product works directly against the thing you are paying for. We cover the pharmacology in our Summit THC review.

The broad spectrum, THC-free line does not carry that problem — CBD is not an appetite stimulant in the way THC is. But two other considerations apply to anyone on a GLP-1. Constipation and nausea are already the most common GLP-1 side effects, and adding another substance to the mix makes it harder to work out what is causing what. And the CYP450 interaction described in the next section applies to prescription medications generally.

If the reason you are looking at CBD is sleep, that is a legitimate goal with a real metabolic rationale — short sleep raises ghrelin and lowers leptin, which makes appetite harder to manage. Just be clear that the evidence for CBD specifically improving sleep is not strong, and that melatonin, which several of these gummies also contain, is doing identifiable work that you could buy on its own for a fraction of the price.

Who Should Not Use These Products

This review is information, not medical advice, and nothing here is a promise of any outcome. Talk to a licensed clinician or pharmacist before starting any hemp product, particularly if you take prescription medication. The following groups should not use these products at all, or should not without specific medical clearance:

• Anyone pregnant or breastfeeding. The FDA advises against CBD and THC in pregnancy, and there is no established safe dose.
• Anyone under 21. These are age-restricted products.
• Anyone taking medication metabolised by the liver. CBD inhibits CYP3A4 and CYP2C19, which handle a large share of prescription drugs — this can raise or lower levels of what you already take. Blood thinners and anticonvulsants are common examples.
• Anyone with liver disease or elevated liver enzymes. Enzyme elevations were seen in the trials supporting the one FDA-approved CBD medication.
• Anyone subject to workplace drug testing. The delta-9 products carry real risk, which CleanAF discloses. Broad spectrum lowers risk but does not remove it.
• Anyone driving or operating machinery after an intoxicating THC product. Driving under the influence of THC is an offence regardless of the product’s hemp status.
• Anyone with a personal or family history of psychosis, or significant anxiety — THC can worsen both. This applies to the THC line, not the CBD line.

Common side effects reported with CBD include drowsiness, diarrhoea, appetite change and fatigue. THC additionally causes impairment, dry mouth, increased heart rate, and in some people anxiety or paranoia — and edibles are notorious for delayed onset, which leads people to take a second dose before the first has landed. If you use the THC line, take one and wait two hours.

Availability, Age Limits and Restrictions

CleanAF sells in the United States, and these are age-restricted products. The critical restriction is one the checkout will not necessarily enforce for you: state law on intoxicating hemp varies enormously and changes fast. Several states restrict or ban hemp-derived delta-8 and delta-9 products outright, and a shipment arriving does not establish that it was lawful where you live. Check your own state’s current position before ordering anything from the THC line — that is on you, not the retailer.

We could not find a published list of states CleanAF will not ship to, or details of its age verification process, on the policy pages we could read. If either matters to you, ask before ordering. Note also that several products were showing as sold out when we checked, including the Black Cherry THC Sleep gummy and the Sour Apple CBD gummy.

Legitimacy and Regulatory Standing

On the regulatory questions that sink CBD companies, CleanAF looks careful rather than reckless. We searched for FDA warning letters naming the company and found none. The FDA has issued warning letters to numerous CBD sellers, and the consistent trigger is marketing products as treating, curing or preventing disease. CleanAF carries an FDA disclaimer page and frames its products around relaxation, sleep, focus and elevation rather than medical claims — which is both legally correct and, from a buyer’s perspective, a sign the company understands the rules it operates under.

Be clear what that means for the products themselves. The FDA has not approved CBD to treat any condition. The only FDA-approved CBD product is Epidiolex, a prescription drug for specific seizure disorders. CBD cannot legally be marketed as a dietary supplement, so these products are not FDA-reviewed for safety or efficacy before sale, and no marketing framing changes that. Anything you read anywhere — including this page — promising a health outcome from CBD is going beyond the evidence.

On the company: it says it manufactures in-house in Clearwater, Florida using US-grown hemp. We could not independently verify the in-house manufacturing claim or find a BBB profile for the business. Independent review signal is thin — the ratings we saw were on-site product reviews ranging from roughly 7 to 39 reviews per product, which is a small sample and not independently audited. We found no substantial third-party review base, and no news coverage or litigation involving the company.

How CleanAF Compares

We have reviewed several brands in this category, and they differentiate on transparency rather than on the cannabinoid itself. All figures checked 7 August 2026.

Where CleanAF stands out is batch-level certificates, which is the single most useful thing a hemp brand can publish. Where it falls behind is the simplest thing of all — putting milligrams on the product page. Aspen Green’s USDA Organic certification addresses a different risk (what the plant absorbed from the soil); CleanAF’s batch testing addresses what ended up in your specific jar. Both matter, and neither substitutes for the other.

Pros and Cons

Who Should Pick It, and Who Should Look Elsewhere

CleanAF suits you if you are an adult buying CBD for relaxation or sleep, you want a brand that will show you a certificate for your actual batch, and you are willing to do the one piece of homework the site leaves to you — checking the milligrams on the label before you buy. The broad spectrum, THC-free line is the part we would point people at: it is the portion of the range with no drug-test complication, no appetite-stimulation problem, and no November deadline hanging over it.

Look elsewhere if you are subject to workplace drug testing and want certainty rather than reduced risk — no hemp product delivers that. Look elsewhere if you want to compare cost per milligram without opening a PDF, because several competitors put that on the product page. And do not buy the THC line at all if you are working on appetite or weight, if you live somewhere with restrictive state hemp law, or if you were planning to stock up — that category has a date on it.

Limitations of This Review

We have not bought, tested or consumed any CleanAF product, so we cannot speak to taste, effect, shipping speed or customer service. Everything above comes from CleanAF’s own product, policy and lab pages as they read on 7 August 2026, plus published legal analysis of the federal hemp definition.

Specific gaps: we could not read milligram potency for the gummies or tinctures, because the figures sit in label images rather than page text — so we have published no cost-per-milligram figure rather than estimating one. We could not open individual certificates of analysis to confirm which contaminant panels they cover or which lab performed them. We could not confirm the Subscribe & Save discount, the age verification process, restricted shipping states, or the in-house manufacturing claim. We found no BBB profile and no independent review base of meaningful size. Finally, the November 2026 hemp provisions are new law whose enforcement approach is still developing; we have described the statutory position and the effective date, not predicted how vigorously it will be enforced.

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Verdict

There is a real brand here. Publishing certificates of analysis per batch, staying clear of medical claims, disclosing the drug-test risk on its own product pages and shipping in child-resistant packaging are the behaviours of a company that intends to still be trading in five years. In a category where a great deal of product is sold on vibes and a generic “lab tested” badge, that is worth paying for.

Two things stop us going higher. The first is fixable and slightly baffling: a brand that publishes per-batch certificates should not make you open an image to learn how many milligrams are in the jar. Without that number, no buyer can tell whether $29.99 is a good price, and the omission undercuts the transparency the rest of the operation earns.

The second is not CleanAF’s fault but is decisive for how you should spend: roughly half the catalogue sits in a category that federal law reclassifies on 12 November 2026, and the product pages still cite the standard being replaced. If you want CBD, buy the broad spectrum line and check the label. If you want the THC products, buy what you will actually use between now and November, and do not build a habit — or a subscription — on a legal basis with a published end date.