Pura Vida CBD Review

Written by Tyler Swell — Edited by Cathy Rozyczko on February 9, 2021

This Dutch CBD Oil Company appears to have it going on with a fresh product line. Their ingredients are cleanly sourced and natural, and if their hemp is indeed sourced from organic hemp farms in Slovenia and Croatia, we bet the cannabidiol itself is top notch. Unfortunately, Pura Vida lacks the basics, like a solid mission statement and more importantly, test results for safety and purity. Regardless, purchases are unavailable to those residing in the US and Canada, so any visits to Pura Vida remain a sightseeing experience for most.

Pura Vida is all about full-spectrum CBD products that are ‘raw, unrefined, and in most cases hand-crafted in the country of origin.’ They boast that every tincture contains over 70 cannabinoids (including CBD, CBDA, CBC, CBN, and CBG-A), as well as terpenes, amino acids, proteins, chlorophyll, ketones, alkanes, glycosides, lipids, vitamins, flavonoids, fatty acids, and trace minerals! Whew!

Nobody likes to be the bearer of bad news, but we’ve taken on this challenging job and are here to inform you that Pura Vida lamentably does not post cannabinoid profiles to backup their awesome claims. We’ve seen many quality EU vendors refrain from posting contaminants tests (we don’t let it slide BUT pesticides and herbicides are used substantially less in Europe), but they know that to be transparent, they must publish cannabinoid profiles for each SKU. CBD business 101.

The company utilizes supercritical CO2 extraction, and Pura Vida’s CBD oil product line appears to have what we look for: natural ingredients, clean sourcing, and focused formulations. Their CBD oils and hemp foods look top notch, and they boast a CBD topical line with no nasty ingredients. European CBD vendors tend to be non-offenders in the topical nasties department, as many of the ingredients we frequently call out in the US are banned in the EU.

Pura Vida is not available for purchase in the United States and Canada, but they deliver their CBD products all over Europe and are located in many retail locations across the continent.

Bottom Line – Pura Vida looks great on the outside, and they might be able to backup their quality claims with what’s on the inside, but without testing information, we just don’t know. We encourage Pura Vida to post these results, develop a mission statement, and get involved in charity work, an important endeavor for any premium CBD oil vendor