Alberta’s Top 10 Selling Flower Products You’ll Want on Your Cannabis Menus
As the industry matures and new products fill the shelves of cannabis retailers, you may have noticed a dip in the percentage of cannabis flower sales over time.
According to recent data from Headset, from March 2019 to April 2022, the Cannabis Flower market share has dropped from 78.8% to 42.5% in Canada. 🍁
Though the category sales have been shrinking, the category still holds the number one spot for being the most popular category with dried cannabis sales representing 58% of total sales.
From province to province, we see similar numbers percentages across the board. In Alberta, Flower sales make up 48.5% of cannabis products purchased with the total amount of dried flower sales being 238 million Canadian dollars.
In this blog, we thought we’d get creative using our dispensary menu software and show you what the top-selling Flower is, their aromas, their flavours 🥭🍑🫐🍉🍋🍊🍃🌲, and what they look like on paper and digital dispensary menus. These Flower products were curated from Headsets top selling Flower list.
Here is the top-selling Flower for the last 90 days.
1 & 2. Pure Sunfarms - Pink Kush
Pure Sunfarms Pink Kush from Vancouver Island is a coastal relative of the legendary OG Kush. This special strain has strong aromas, colourful flowers, and high THC potential. Beneath a thick coating of trichomes, the dense and round buds feature forest green leaves, often with a purple hue, mixed with dark amber pistils. Grown in a high-tech greenhouse in the Fraser Valley, each bud is carefully trimmed and hand-groomed, dried and cured to precise standards. Pink Kush showcases gassy aromas of white pepper, orange, butterscotch, coffee, earth, and grapefruit and tastes woody and earthy.
THC: 20 - 26%
CBD: <1%
Type: Indica
Terpenes: Caryophyllene, Bisabolol, Humulene, Limonene, Myrcene
Aroma Badge: Gas ⛽
Flavor Badge: Earthy 🌍
3. Back Forty - Wedding Pie
Back Forty, Wedding Pie is made from the combination of Wedding Cake x Grape Pie. This strain can reach potencies of up to 28% and is grown with organic practices in an advanced hybrid greenhouse. These vibrant green buds also have a flair of purple, 2.89% total terpene content and a spicy, cracked pepper profile. The top terpenes are Trans-Caryophyllene, Linalool, Farnesene, Limonene, and Alpha-Bisabolol. This strain tastes spicy and peppery and puts out a fragrant, fruity dessert aroma that is sweet, lemony, and gassy.
THC: 20 - 28%
CBD: <1%
Type: Indica
Terpenes: Trans-Caryophyllene, Linalool, Farnesene, Limonene, Alpha-Bisabolol
Aroma Badge: Fruity 🍓
Flavor Badge: Pepper🧂
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4. Shred - Funk Master
Funky Master has a unique taste with the three main strains being GMO Cookies, Ice Cream Cake, and Skywalker OG. This dank nug has a combination of sweet skunk, funky cheese and pungent diesel notes and tastes peppery, Earthy, and sweet.
THC: 18 - 25%
CBD: <1%
Type: Hybrid
Terpenes: Terpenes May Vary
Aroma Badge: Skunk 🦨
Flavor Badge: Earthy 🌎
5. Bake Sale - All Purpose Flower Sativa
Bake Sale All Purpose Flower Sativa is a blended product that offers quality whole buds with pungent aromas and approachable THC levels. This strain smells sweet and kushy and tastes earthy and floraly.
THC: 14 - 17%
CBD: <1%
Type: Sativa
Terpenes: Alpha-Bisabolol, Beta-Caryophyllene, Terpinolene
Aroma Badge: Sweet 🍬
Flavor Badge: Earthy, Floral 🌎
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6. Back Forty - Mandarin Cookie
Back Forty Mandarin Cookies, also known as “Mandarin Mints,” is a Sativa-dominant strain that pulls a tangy citrus flavour with a hint of sweet nuttiness on the exhale and has sour, earthy and diesel notes.
THC: 21 - 27%
CBD: <1%
Type: Sativa
Terpenes: Alpha-Bisabolol, Alpha-Humulene, Beta-Caryophyllene, Beta-Myrcene, Limonene
Aroma Badge: Diesel ⛽
Flavor Badge: Citrus 🍋
7. Shred - Tropic Thunder
Shred Tropic Thunder Flower is made with a combination of pre-shredded Whole Flower. It has a smooth, sweet, and sour flavor that tastes lemony at first and finishes with more of an earth-peppery bite. It has an aroma of rich earth with herbal notes and undertones of sweet tropical citrus.
THC: 18 - 27.5%
CBD: <1%
Type: Hybrid
Terpenes: Terpinolene, Caryophyllene, Limonene
Aroma Badge: Earth 🌎
Flavor Badge: Lemon 🍋
8. Edison Cannabis - Limelight
Edison’s Sativa dominant Limelight is THC potent with a tangy, sour flavour, lush bud structure, and moss green highlights. This strain is nurtured in a data-backed grow room to ensure consistent quality every time. Limelight tastes like apples, citrus, and is very sour. It smells sweet, fruity, and sour with notes of apples and citrus.
THC: 22 - 28%
CBD: <1%
Type: Sativa
Terpenes: Terpinolene, Caryophyllene, Humulene
Aroma Badge: Fruity 🍓
Flavor Badge: Apple 🍎
9. Pure Sunfarms - Jet Fuel Gelato
Pure Sunfarms Jet Fuel Gelato is a potent, high-THC cultivar born in the Pacific Northwest, covered in a thick layer of frosty trichomes. The strain is a dairy and diesel-driven hybrid and presents aromas of citrus and pepper. The dense sage green buds show flashes of purple and coral and have dominant terpenes Caryophyllene, Myrcene and Linalool.
THC: 22 - 28%
CBD: <1%
Type: Hybrid
Terpenes: Caryophyllene, Myrcene, Linalool
Aroma Badge: Citrus 🍋
Flavor Badge: Diesel ⛽
10. Back Forty - Fruity Pebbles OG
Back Forty Fruity Pebbles OG is a hybrid that is a cross between Green Ribbon and Tahoe Alien and is grown with eco-conscious practices. The scent is just what you'd expect, sweet fruit! On top of the great smell, these buds look great in a bowl as they are vibrant and bright. This strain has high THC potency and is packaged in a resealable foil pouch to make sure your bud stays fresh. Back Forty requires no introduction because it already feels familiar.
THC: 17 - 23%
CBD: <1%
Type: Indica
Terpenes: Bisabolol, Myrcene, Ocimene, Terpinolene
Aroma Badge: Sweet 🍬
Flavor Badge: Fruity 🍓
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We thank Headset for providing us with this data so we can build some pretty dope cannabis menus that feature some pretty dope cannabis products. If you’ve tried any of these products, comment below and let us know what you thought of them.
We hope you enjoyed reading about the top-selling Flower products in Alberta and got inspired to build menus that merchandise great cannabis products. Be sure to check out our other blogs on the top-selling cannabis products for each category.
