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Lab report · 768 tests

Sherbet lab report

Among qualifying labs for Sherbet, Lab H in Nevada had a 14.68% median, while Lab D in Washington had 23.42% among labs with at least 20 tests, leaving 8.74 points between them.1

Key findings

  1. Sherbet's qualifying-lab spread ran wide, with Lab H in Nevada at 14.68% and Lab D in Washington at 23.42%, separated by 8.74 points.1
  2. 56% of Sherbet flower tests reached at least 20% total THC; 8.5% reached 25%, and 0.5% reached 30%.1
  3. The terpene lead was not a sweep: β-caryophyllene led 53% of terpene panels, ahead of limonene at 29%.1
  4. Across eligible years, Sherbet ended −1.29 points lower overall (2018 median 21.87%; 2023 median 20.58%), while Washington stayed nearly unchanged at +0.50 points.1
  5. Weedmaps had 229 store listings with Sherbet flower in 19 of 27 markets, enough for the 15th slot among 50 tracked strains.2

Where is Sherbet most likely to clear 20% THC?

Washington is where Sherbet most often cleared 20% THC in the state comparison, with 73% of 251 flower tests at that level or higher; overall, 56% of 768 tests reached 20%, 8.5% reached 25% and 0.5% reached 30%.1

The state split is large: Washington had 73% of 251 tests at 20% or higher and a 21.87% median, while Maryland had 15% of 72 at that line and a 16.27% median.1 The state gap reflects local growers, labs and testing rules as well as the plant.

Share of Sherbet flower tests at or above each THC level
Total THCTests at or aboveShare of tests
15% or more69390%
18% or more55773%
20% or more43256%
22% or more25433%
25% or more658.5%
28% or more141.8%
30% or more40.5%

768 tests. Source: Cannlytics cannabis_results (CC BY 4.0), analysis by Official Cannabis.1

Chance of 20% THC or more, by state (states with 30+ tests)
StateTestsMedian THCShare at 20% or more
Washington25121.87%73%
Nevada17520.62%55%
Michigan22520.30%55%
Maryland7216.27%15%

Are Sherbet THC numbers understated online?

Yes, the single online THC figures we checked are conservative for Sherbet: zero of the three single figures sat above the lab median of 20.52%.1 The highest single value was ILGM's 20%; tests reached that cutoff 56% of the time.1,3

The low single value, Leafly's 18%, sat below most results; 73% of tests reached it or higher.1,4 For ranges, the 15–24% range from Weedmaps enclosed 75% of lab tests, compared with 26% for AllBud's 15–19%.1,5,6

Outside summaries do not identify the contents of an individual jar. To check a purchase, read the certificate issued for that batch.

Published THC figures for Sherbet against 768 lab tests
SourcePublished figureTests at or above itTests inside the rangeWhere it sits
AllBud615–19%90%26%most tests came in above it
Weedmaps515–24%90%75%covers most tests
Leafly418%73%—below the median
Crop King (seller)718–21%73%30%covers fewer than half of tests
ILGM (seller)320%56%—below the median
Pyramid Seeds (seller)820%56%—below the median

"Tests at or above" counts results at or above the figure (for a range, its lower end). Lab data: Cannlytics cannabis_results (CC BY 4.0), analysis by Official Cannabis.1

What terpene leads Sherbet just over half the time?

Sherbet's terpene panels most often put β-caryophyllene first: 53% of 193, compared with limonene at 29% and β-myrcene at 15%.1

The published terpene note from Leafly points to caryophyllene, and Sherbet's panels support it: β-caryophyllene led 53% of panels.1,4 Most of this terpene evidence comes from Nevada, where labs supplied 175 of 193 panels, so the split mostly reflects that market's flower.1

The most abundant terpene in each Sherbet test
TerpeneTests where it ledShare of tests
β-caryophyllene10353%
Limonene5629%
β-myrcene2815%
Linalool31.6%
α-humulene21.0%
β-pinene10.5%

193 tests with at least five individual terpenes reported. Source: Cannlytics cannabis_results (CC BY 4.0), analysis by Official Cannabis.1

Is Ice Cream Cake the closest terpene match for Sherbet?

Yes, Ice Cream Cake is Sherbet's closest terpene-profile neighbor, with 95% overlap among 36 compared strains.1 Wedding Cake and OG Kush sit just behind at 94% and 94%, while Durban Poison is the farthest match at 41%.1 Those close matches share a β-caryophyllene lead; Durban Poison is led by terpinolene.1

For the match, each strain starts with median values across eight terpenes; we recast those as shares of the eight-terpene sum and measure the shared portion, where identical mixes score 100. Strains enter only after 30 tests reporting individual terpenes. It compares chemistry in lab files only and does not tell how Sherbet will feel.

Strains whose median terpene mix overlaps most with Sherbet's
StrainOverlapLead terpene (by median)Tests with terpenes
Ice Cream Cake95%β-caryophyllene753
Wedding Cake94%β-caryophyllene1,388
OG Kush94%β-caryophyllene127
Gushers94%β-caryophyllene74
Gelato93%β-caryophyllene371
Durban Poison (least similar)41%Terpinolene236

Sherbet: 193 tests with individual terpenes. Source: Cannlytics cannabis_results (CC BY 4.0), analysis by Official Cannabis.1

Is Sherbet average for THC rank?

Yes: at 20.52%, Sherbet's median THC sits in the middle third, ranking 28th among 58 strains between Super Lemon Haze (20.84%) and G13 Haze (20.30%).1

Its share of tests at or above 25% THC is 8.5%, which ranks 35th.1 The middle half covers 17.60%–22.79% and spans 5.19 points; by narrowness of that span, Sherbet is 27th of 52, close to the pack.1

Sherbet and its neighbors by median lab-tested THC
RankStrainMedian THCMiddle halfTests
26thOG Kush20.87%18.06%–23.36%379
27thSuper Lemon Haze20.84%18.41%–23.48%1,543
28thSherbet (this strain)20.52%17.60%–22.79%768
29thG13 Haze20.30%small sample14
30thLime OG20.28%small sample29

Same dataset and matching rules for every strain: Cannlytics cannabis_results (CC BY 4.0), analysis by Official Cannabis.1

How much can Sherbet THC vary by lab?

Among the 9 labs with at least 20 tests, Sherbet's median THC varied by 8.74 points, from Lab H in Nevada at 14.68% to Lab D in Washington at 23.42%.1

In-state results still separate: Michigan's 3 qualifying labs have medians from 18.49% through 22.10%, with 3.61 points between low and high.1

Different growers send material to different labs, so this spread is not evidence that any lab reads high. Lab labels are masked here: Lab A is simply the lab with the largest count, while the downloadable file gives the real names.

Median THC of Sherbet by testing lab (labs with 20+ tests)
LabStateTestsMedian THCShare at 20% or more
Lab ANevada9920.89%66%
Lab BMichigan8722.10%87%
Lab CWashington8021.86%86%
Lab DWashington7123.42%94%
Lab EMichigan6519.60%43%
Lab FMaryland5816.45%17%
Lab GWashington5418.31%20%
Lab HNevada5314.68%32%
Lab IMichigan3518.49%23%

9 of 33 labs tested Sherbet 20+ times. Lab A has the most tests. Source: Cannlytics cannabis_results (CC BY 4.0), analysis by Official Cannabis.1

Are terpenes lower in high-THC Sherbet?

Yes, in paired Sherbet results, the high-THC third had the lower median total-terpene weight: 1.19% at the high end (21.03% THC or more) against 1.32% at the low end (16.82% THC or less).1

Across 259 paired results, the higher terpene median belonged to the lower-THC third, and the two terpene medians differed by 0.13 points.1 The state check split directions: Nevada down and Maryland up, so the overall down pattern held in 1 of 2 states; in Nevada, the low-THC group was 1.16% and the high-THC group was 1.13%.1 A total-terpenes value weighs aroma compounds as a share of the sample; it does not report effects.

Median total terpenes in the lowest- and highest-THC thirds of Sherbet tests
Tests fromTestsLowest-THC thirdHighest-THC third
All states2591.32%1.19%
Nevada1751.16%1.13%
Maryland661.46%2.05%

Tests reporting both total THC and total terpenes. Source: Cannlytics cannabis_results (CC BY 4.0), analysis by Official Cannabis.1

Is Sherbet testing lower than before?

Yes overall: for eligible years, Sherbet's median THC moved down by −1.29 points, from 21.87% in 2018 on 123 tests to 20.58% in 2023 on 33.1

In Washington, however, fixing the state makes the line nearly flat: 2018 was 22.10% and 2022 was 22.60%, for +0.50 points.1 That means the states supplying tests helped shape the overall decline.

We leave out calendar years below the 20-test floor; 6 years meet that floor for Sherbet.1

Median THC of Sherbet by year (years with 20+ tests)
YearTestsMedian THC
201812321.87%
201911421.08%
20208420.40%
202124419.57%
202215220.59%
20233320.58%

Source: Cannlytics cannabis_results (CC BY 4.0), analysis by Official Cannabis.1

What longer Sherbet names get excluded?

We exclude longer Sherbet labels such as “Sunset Sherbert x Purple Punch”, “Blue Sherbert” and “Flower - Sour Banana Sherbert”; under the exact Sherbet label, labs logged 1,146 results, with 73% (831) flower and the remainder split among concentrates at 16%, shake and trim at 7.3%, and other or unrecorded at 3.0%.1 Only the flower subset feeds this page's strain calculations.

Longer names dominate the wider Sherbet name pool: 3,357 more results include the word, representing 75% of name-containing records, with “Sunset Sherbert x Purple Punch” (303), “Blue Sherbert” (230) and “Flower - Sour Banana Sherbert” (103) as the largest examples.1 We leave those variants out because extra words and cross markers can identify different plants; see the matching method.

Lab results sold under exactly the name Sherbet, by product form
FormResultsShare
Flower83173%
Concentrates18116%
Shake and trim847.3%
Pre-rolls161.4%
Other or unrecorded343.0%

All product types, counted before de-duplication. Source: Cannlytics cannabis_results (CC BY 4.0), analysis by Official Cannabis.1

The most common longer names that contain Sherbet (excluded)
Name on the lab resultResults
Sunset Sherbert x Purple Punch303
Blue Sherbert230
Flower - Sour Banana Sherbert103
Sour Sunset Sherbet83
Strawberry Banana Sherbet64
Flower- Frosted Sherbet53

How many dispensaries carry Sherbet?

The count is 229 store-menu listings for Sherbet flower within 50 miles of each market's center in our Oct 4, 2026 Weedmaps pull; those listings covered 19 of 27 markets and ranked 15th among 50 tracked strains.2

Exact-eighth comparisons were mixed: New York priced Sherbet at $40.00 versus $35.89 for the same-menu other-strain median; Chicago $30.50 versus $43.20; Los Angeles $23.77 versus $25.00; Las Vegas $20.00 versus $26.25; Detroit $9.00 versus $16.00; and Minneapolis $51.06 versus $50.00.2 That made Sherbet cheaper in 4 of the 6 comparable markets.2

Median price of an eighth of Sherbet next to other strains, same market
MarketSherbet (priced eighths)Typical other strainDifference
New York, NY$40.00 (49)$35.89 (30 strains)+$4.11
Chicago, IL$30.50 (18)$43.20 (13 strains)−$12.70
Los Angeles, CA$23.77 (15)$25.00 (31 strains)−$1.23
Las Vegas, NV$20.00 (15)$26.25 (5 strains)−$6.25
Detroit, MI$9.00 (11)$16.00 (17 strains)−$7.00
Minneapolis, MN$51.06 (11)$50.00 (3 strains)+$1.06

Markets where Sherbet and at least 3 other strains each had 10+ priced exact eighths. "Typical other strain" is the median of the other strains' medians. Source: Weedmaps public menus, snapshot Oct 4, 2026.2

What this data cannot tell you

  • The lab file covers Sherbet flower from 7 states over 2017–2024; it cannot verify a specific jar, for which the batch certificate of analysis is the record.1
  • All findings here are chemistry readings, not a way to know how Sherbet will feel for any individual.

Check the numbers

Download the lab file to see the 768 chemistry records used here; Weedmaps menu data is separate, and the same lab feed powers our THC and terpene tables.1

Strain comparisons are built from 58 strains using the same filters; see the network strain comparison report.1

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

Sources

  1. Cannlytics (CC BY 4.0), cannabis_results: public state lab results (filtered and aggregated by Official Cannabis). Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  2. Weedmaps listings, compiled by Official Cannabis, Weedmaps flower menu snapshot, 27 US markets, Oct 4, 2026. Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  3. ILGM, Sunset Sherbet feminized seeds. Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  4. Leafly, Sherbert (aka Sherbet, Sunset Sherbet, Sunset Sherbert) strain information. Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  5. Weedmaps, Sherbet (aka Sunset Sherbet) strain page. Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  6. AllBud, Sunset Sherbet marijuana strain information and reviews. Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  7. Crop King Seeds, Sunset Sherbet feminized marijuana seeds. Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  8. Herbies Seeds, Sunset Sherbet feminized seeds (Pyramid Seeds). Accessed Oct 4, 2026.