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Lab data

Pineapple Express potency: THC, CBD and terpenes from 461 lab tests

In 461 state lab tests, Pineapple Express flower had a median total THC of 19.80%, with the middle half of results between 17.54% and 21.75%.1 CBD is negligible, and β-caryophyllene is the leading terpene, ahead of the myrcene Leafly lists as dominant.1,2

19.80%median total THC
17.54%–21.75%middle half
15.72%–23.40%middle 80%
4.3%of tests at 25% THC or more
461tests · 33 labs

Beyond the median: the odds of a strong batch, how published figures hold up and more, in the Pineapple Express lab report →

THC distribution

Total THC across 461 tests

0 20 40 60 80 2–3% THC: 0 tests 3–4% THC: 0 tests 4–5% THC: 0 tests 5–6% THC: 0 tests 6–7% THC: 0 tests 7–8% THC: 3 tests 8–9% THC: 2 tests 9–10% THC: 2 tests 10–11% THC: 2 tests 11–12% THC: 5 tests 12–13% THC: 5 tests 13–14% THC: 3 tests 14–15% THC: 8 tests 15–16% THC: 21 tests 16–17% THC: 39 tests 17–18% THC: 45 tests 18–19% THC: 56 tests 19–20% THC: 49 tests 20–21% THC: 63 tests 21–22% THC: 50 tests 22–23% THC: 41 tests 23–24% THC: 27 tests 24–25% THC: 19 tests 25–26% THC: 10 tests 26–27% THC: 9 tests 27–28% THC: 1 tests 28–29% THC: 0 tests 29–30% THC: 0 tests 30–31% THC: 0 tests 31–32% THC: 0 tests 32–33% THC: 0 tests 33–34% THC: 0 tests 34–35% THC: 0 tests 35–36% THC: 0 tests 4%8%12%16%20%24%28%32%36% median 19.80% Total THC, % by weight
One-point THC bands; shaded: middle half of results. 461 flower tests, 2015-03-25 to 2024-08-18.1

THC by year

Median total THC by year of testing

16% 18% 20% 22% 2018: 18.94% (26 tests) 18.9 2018 n=26 2019: 18.22% (22 tests) 18.2 2019 n=22 2020: 19.25% (79 tests) 19.3 2020 n=79 2021: 19.38% (72 tests) 19.4 2021 n=72 2022: 20.21% (217 tests) 20.2 2022 n=217
Median total THC per year of testing; years with fewer than 20 tests are left out (2015: 7, 2016: 4, 2017: 4, 2023: 8, 2024: 1).1

THC by state

StateTestsMedian THC
Michigan19519.87%
Nevada11918.77%
Washington11621.00%
Massachusetts2217.55%

States with at least 10 tests. Labs, testing rules and sampling differ by state, so compare states with care.1

Terpene profile

Pineapple Express terpenes, median % by weight

β-Caryophyllene β-Caryophyllene: 0.47% (n=125) 0.47% n=125 α-Humulene α-Humulene: 0.18% (n=125) 0.18% n=125 β-Myrcene β-Myrcene: 0.12% (n=125) 0.12% n=125 Limonene Limonene: 0.09% (n=125) 0.09% n=125 Linalool Linalool: 0.06% (n=125) 0.06% n=125 α-Pinene α-Pinene: 0.02% (n=125) 0.02% n=125
Median share of each terpene by weight, from 125 tests that report individual terpenes. Median total terpenes: 1.15% (126 tests). β-Pinene and Terpinolene had a median of zero: at least half of tests reported none.1

How Pineapple Express compares

Lab-tested THC across 16 well-known strains

16% 20% 24% Wedding Cake Wedding Cake: median 23.01%, middle half 20.25%–25.72%, 3,090 tests 23.0% n=3,090 Blueberry Blueberry: median 21.91%, middle half 18.40%–25.23%, 411 tests 21.9% n=411 Sour Diesel Sour Diesel: median 21.68%, middle half 19.00%–25.30%, 1,071 tests 21.7% n=1,071 Gelato Gelato: median 21.58%, middle half 18.91%–24.70%, 1,792 tests 21.6% n=1,792 OG Kush OG Kush: median 20.87%, middle half 18.06%–23.36%, 379 tests 20.9% n=379 Super Lemon Haze Super Lemon Haze: median 20.84%, middle half 18.41%–23.48%, 1,543 tests 20.8% n=1,543 Northern Lights Northern Lights: median 20.03%, middle half 17.28%–22.05%, 406 tests 20.0% n=406 Strawberry Cough Strawberry Cough: median 20.00%, middle half 15.88%–23.00%, 231 tests 20.0% n=231 Blue Dream Blue Dream: median 19.96%, middle half 17.62%–22.37%, 2,118 tests 20.0% n=2,118 Pineapple Express Pineapple Express: median 19.80%, middle half 17.54%–21.75%, 461 tests 19.8% n=461 Girl Scout Cookies Girl Scout Cookies: median 19.72%, middle half 17.80%–21.92%, 567 tests 19.7% n=567 Jack Herer Jack Herer: median 19.59%, middle half 17.13%–22.00%, 910 tests 19.6% n=910 Green Crack Green Crack: median 19.52%, middle half 16.79%–21.73%, 1,236 tests 19.5% n=1,236 Durban Poison Durban Poison: median 19.45%, middle half 17.33%–21.99%, 528 tests 19.4% n=528 Trainwreck Trainwreck: median 18.65%, middle half 16.67%–21.42%, 248 tests 18.6% n=248 Granddaddy Purple Granddaddy Purple: median 17.87%, middle half 15.00%–21.55%, 512 tests 17.9% n=512 Median total THC (dot) and middle half of tests (bar)
Every strain processed with the same matching rules from the same dataset.1

How published THC figures compare

Strain databases publish a single figure or a range: Leafly lists 20%, AllBud 25% and Weedmaps 12–27%.2,3,4 Seed sellers claim 17–22% (G13 Labs), about 23% (Crop King) and 28% (Barney’s Farm’s feminized version).5,6,7 In state lab results, 90% of Pineapple Express flower tested below 23.40% and only 4.3% reached 25%, so the 25% and 28% figures describe the top of the range rather than typical flower; the highest single result in our data was 27.75%.1

Medians differ by state, from 17.55% in Massachusetts (22 tests) to 21.00% in Washington (116), among states with at least 10 tests.1 In the years with at least 20 tests (2018–2022), the yearly median stayed between 18.22% and 20.21%.1

Published terpene profiles disagree with each other: Leafly and Barney’s Farm call Pineapple Express myrcene-dominant, and Weedmaps credits its aroma to a typically high limonene content.2,4,7 In the 125 lab tests that report individual terpenes, β-caryophyllene leads and β-myrcene ranks third, with limonene fourth; 119 of those tests come from Nevada labs.1

Download the data

The 461 matched tests behind this page, one row per test: state, test date, lab, product name, product type, total THC, total CBD and terpenes.

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License: CC BY 4.0. Credit: “Source: Cannlytics, cannabis_results (CC BY 4.0), analysis by Official Cannabis.” The data were filtered and aggregated from the original.

Limits of this data

  • Coverage is uneven. Michigan (195), Nevada (119), Washington (116), Massachusetts (22) supply most of the 461 tests, which date from 2015 to 2024; California, where Weedmaps says the strain first spread through medical dispensaries, contributes only 2 of them. Oregon and Rhode Island results carry no product names and could not be matched.1,4
  • Some labs report higher THC than others, so we publish medians and middle ranges rather than maxima. No single lab accounts for more than 23.3% of these tests (33 labs in total).
  • Terpene medians come from 125 tests with individual terpene values, 119 of them from Nevada labs, so the profile mostly reflects Nevada flower. Michigan and Washington, which supply 311 of the THC results, report no terpenes, and Maryland reports only a total.
  • We matched names strictly: crosses and near-miss names (for example “Purple Pineapple Express”, 137 results) are excluded and counted, and duplicate certificates are removed. Bare numbers count as lot codes, so labels such as “Pineapple Express #2” are inside the sample.

Sources

  1. Cannlytics (CC BY 4.0), cannabis_results: public state lab results (filtered and aggregated by Official Cannabis). Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  2. Leafly, Pineapple Express (aka Pex) strain information. Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  3. AllBud, Pineapple Express marijuana strain information and reviews. Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  4. Weedmaps, Pineapple Express strain page. Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  5. G13 Labs, Pineapple Express (feminized seeds). Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  6. Crop King Seeds, Pineapple Express feminized marijuana seeds. Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  7. Barney’s Farm, Pineapple Express (feminized seeds). Accessed Oct 4, 2026.