SOURCING

A vine, a region, a process

Where uncaria tomentosa comes from, how it becomes Paradise Blend, and what we will and will not say about it.

THE PLANT

Uncaria
tomentosa

Uncaria tomentosa is a woody climbing vine that grows up through the canopy of the Amazon basin. Its common name — cat’s claw — comes from the pair of curved thorns at each leaf node that it uses to hook onto host trees on the way up.

It has a long history of traditional use in the regions where it grows. We are describing the plant here, not making a claim about what it does: nothing on this page or in our labeling is intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.

What matters for a product like this is specificity. Uncaria tomentosa extract is the only active botanical in a Paradise Blend tablet. It is not kratom, not a kratom derivative, and contains no 7-hydroxymitragynine.

WHERE IT GROWS

The growing region

Harvested across the Amazon basin, primarily in Peru and Brazil and the surrounding region.

Peru

The majority of commercially harvested uncaria tomentosa comes from the Peruvian Amazon.

Brazil

Neighbouring regions of the Brazilian Amazon supply the balance.

Surrounding basin

The vine grows throughout the wider basin at low to mid elevation.
HOW IT'S MADE

Bark to tablet

Four steps from harvested bark to a finished, labeled tablet.

01

Harvest

Inner bark and root material is harvested from mature vines.
02

Dry & mill

Material is dried and milled before extraction.
03

Extract & standardize

The extract is standardized so each tablet carries a stated 100mg or 250mg.
04

Press & test

Tablets are pressed, packaged, and a sample from every batch goes to a third-party lab.
OUR POSITION

What we won't tell you

We will not tell you how this will make you feel. That is a line a lot of this category crosses, and it is the reason the category has the reputation it has.

What we will tell you: the botanical, the milligrams per tablet, the count per package, where the plant comes from, and the lab result for the batch in your hand. If a claim is not on the certificate of analysis or the label, we do not make it.

0mg

7-OH and kratom. Uncaria tomentosa extract, and nothing else.

Every batch

Tested by an independent third-party lab.

All 50 states

2018 Farm Bill compliant. Ships nationwide.

Orange, CA

Manufactured and distributed in California.

WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING

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