About KratomSource

KratomSource exists because there is no independent way to check what is actually in a bag of kratom sold in Canada. Health Canada does not test it; it has never authorized a kratom product and its only involvement has been seizing it from stores. Vendors publish their own lab reports, or none. Review sites, this one included until 2026, were mostly affiliate pages. We wanted the version of this that a consumer-testing organization would build: buy it anonymously from Canadian vendors, test it at an accredited lab, publish every result.

What we do

• Buy kratom from vendors that ship inside Canada, anonymously, at retail price, delivered to a Canadian address
• Film the unboxing and run bench checks on camera
• Send samples to an ISO/IEC 17025-accredited lab for alkaloids, heavy metals, microbial contaminants, pesticides and mycotoxins
• Publish the full certificate of analysis for every test, pass or fail
• Re-test every vendor every 3 to 6 months and chart the results over time
• Pair our Lab Score with a Community Score from verified buyers (coming in a later phase)
• Track Health Canada enforcement and Canadian legal status on dated, sourced pages

What we don’t do

• We don’t sell kratom.
• We don’t take money from vendors for anything that affects a score.
• We don’t give health, medical or dosing advice.
• We don’t review or link to concentrated or semi-synthetic 7-OH products.

Who is behind it

[Your name and a short, honest paragraph: why you started this, where you are based, and that you have no financial stake in any vendor. Readers trust a named person far more than an anonymous brand.]

The old KratomSource

This domain has reviewed Canadian kratom vendors since 2018. The old site was funded by vendor sponsorship, and its footer said so: stores paid for placement. That model is over. As of November 2026 no vendor pays for placement, testing or scores; we earn disclosed affiliate commissions only, and every rule that keeps that money away from results is on the independence page. The earlier reviews have been replaced by the vendor pages linked from our rankings, each of which notes its own history.

Where we are now

Our first batch of Canadian vendors is being bought and tested now. Results will be published together, with videos, in early 2027. US vendors follow once the Canadian programme is running. Subscribe and we will email you the day they go live.

Contact

Press, researchers, vendors who want to dispute a result, or readers who think we got something wrong: contact us. Vendors: please read our independence rules first; there is nothing here to buy.