The 8 Best CBD Oils & Topicals For Inflammation In 2023

Whether you choose the berry, peach, or rotating seasonal flavor, you can rest assured that these vegan and gluten-free CBD gummies from Cornbread Hemp don’t use any high-fructose corn syrup, synthetic dyes, or artificial colorings. Instead, the innovative gummy formula relies on unique ingredients like organic blue agave, apple pectin, and beetroot for a cleaner profile all around.

The USDA certified organic pick includes full-spectrum hemp and is available in two potency options: either 20 mg (moderate) or 50 mg (strong) CBD per serving.

Sustainability & packaging: Cornbread Hemp is a Kentucky-based company that sources organic hemp from local farms. The gummies come in a curbside-recyclable glass jar with a recyclable plastic cap.

Transparency: The COA for Cornbread Hemp’s gummies are easy to find using the brand’s third-party lab results database. You can also find out more about the company’s farming and extraction process on the website.

Due to Joy Organic’s quality offerings and sustainability efforts, its products repeatedly make their way onto our “best of” lists. This broad-spectrum tincture is a great pick for anyone looking to avoid THC entirely (although if you’re routinely drug tested, you’re better off opting for a CBD isolate).

While you’ll find this tincture in a variety of flavored and unflavored options, the “tranquil mint” flavor is a fan-favorite. It uses organic extra virgin olive oil as a base, USDA certified organic broad-spectrum hemp extract, and organic peppermint oil for a minty taste. Best of all, there are plenty of potency options to choose from, ranging from 15 mg per serving (gentle) to 75 mg per serving (strong).

Sustainability & packaging: Joy Organics is family-operated out of Fort Collins, Colorado and Austin, Texas. In addition to organic farming and using recycled materials in its packaging, we love that Joy Organics offsets all of the carbon emissions generated through the shipping process by partnering with Carbon Fund.

Transparency: You can easily access all of Joy Organics’ COAs on the website. It also includes instructions on how to find your lot number on your product at home.

For an even higher potency option (but at a considerably higher price), check out this pick from Charlotte’s Web. It’s yet another USDA certified organic oil that offers 60 mg of full-spectrum hemp per serving. You can choose from three flavors—orange blossom, lemon twist, and mint chocolate—and two size options (although that doesn’t necessarily change the potency per serving).

Charlotte’s Web has no shortage of fans, and this tincture gets great reviews, especially the mint chocolate flavor. Most negative comments about this oil are about the high price tag (but we’d argue it breaks down to a relatively solid value at $0.06 per mg of CBD).

Sustainability & packaging: Charlotte’s Web is another certified B Corporation that uses organic farming and an environmentally-friendly CO2 extraction process to create its products. Packaging is curbside recyclable.

Transparency: The lab results for Charlotte’s Web’s products are a little tricker to find than the other products on our list, but they are available online.

One Farm’s USDA certified organic full-spectrum hemp CBD oil is one of the more customizable picks on our list. You can choose between two different sizes (1- or 2-ounce bottles) and four different potencies, which range from a super gentle 10 mg of hemp CBD per serving to a stronger 40 mg per serving.

There are a few flavored options—cinnamon, lemon, and mint—but we’re fans of the unflavored tincture, which just has a slight hempy taste. If you do choose a flavored oil, you can rest assured that One Farm only uses organic oils for flavoring. Either way, just note that MCT oil (which is derived from coconuts for this and most CBD oils) is the base of this tincture, which might not work for folks with a coconut allergy (albeit rare).

Sustainability & packaging: One Farm prioritizes partnering with independent, organic farms for all of its ingredients. The company also uses a supercritical CO2 extraction process to make its oils (which is a more environmentally-friendly process) and its packaging is all curbside recyclable.

Transparency: One Farm links to a third-party testing results database on each product’s description page. The brand is also very transparent about how they source hemp.

Another USDA certified organic pick, this high-potency tincture from Lazarus Naturals offers a lot of bang for your buck with 50 mg of CBD per serving. Also, it’s available in three creative flavor options: unflavored, chocolate mint, and strawberry lemonade. 

We know: This potency might seem like more than you need, especially if you’re new to CBD. But Lazarus recommends using the guide on the dropper, which is marked every 0.25 ml (12.5 mg CBD) to customize the dose that’s right for you—a tip that will certainly help stretch this already-affordable option even further.

Plus, the brand offers 60% off to veterans, people on long-term disability, and households that qualify as low-income. Just note that this is another pick that uses MCT oil as a base, which might not work for folks with a coconut allergy.

Sustainability & packaging: Lazarus Naturals farms organic hemp in central Oregon. Both a certified B Corp and Leaping Bunny Certified, it uses recycled materials in product packaging. The brand also aims to be entirely carbon neutral by 2030.

Transparency: You can access the COA for this tincture on the product page, or via QR code on the product’s packaging.

In addition to USDA certified organic full-spectrum hemp, this tincture from Plant People incorporates other popular ingredients to support the body’s inflammatory response, including turmeric and ginger extracts, wild orange oil, and black pepper oil.* 

It’s available in two very different potencies: 12 mg of CBD per serving (gentle) or 96 mg per serving (strong). Regardless of tincture strength, you can expect the formula to have a warm citrus flavor.

Sustainability & packaging: Plant People is a Climate Neutral certified company certified as well as a B Corporation, which means it’s held to a high standard of environmental, legal, and social transparency. Production uses minimal plastic and organic farming practices, and the brand plants a tree for every product sold.

Transparency: The COA for this oil was easy to find on the product page, as well as through a separate page under the website’s “Learn” section.

Another pick from One Farm, this cream combines organic full-spectrum hemp with a powerhouse trio of turmeric, piperine, and cayenne to further support a healthy inflammatory response.* It also contains soothing aloe, eucalyptus, and arnica (which is hailed as a natural pain management aid).

The full ingredient list is pretty long on this cream, but it’s free of phthalates, phosphates, and artificial colorings and fragrances.

Sustainability & packaging: As we mentioned with the full-spectrum oil above, One Farm partners with independent, organic farms to source all of their ingredients. The outer packaging on this cream should be curbside recyclable, but the bottle may need to be rinsed out.

Transparency: The COA for this cream was tricker to find than the reports for One Farm’s CBD oil. Still, it’s available via the lab reports database.

Another pick from Lazarus Naturals, this Leaping Bunny-certified massage oil combines full-spectrum hemp with organic jojoba seed oil, organic sweet almond oil, and MCT oil. It’s available as a 2-ounce spray bottle or 16-ounce pump bottle; the former is our preferred format for easy application.

Most reviewers report that this oil is moisturizing and effective at reducing discomfort. A few reviews are even from massage therapists who say their clients love this oil as an addition to their therapy. Be warned the hempy scent of this massage oil earns less praise!

Sustainability & packaging: As with the Lazarus Naturals oil we reviewed above, the brand uses recycled materials in its packaging and sources hemp from its own USDA certified organic farm in central Oregon. It’s also a Certified B Corp with an aim to be carbon neutral by 2030.

Transparency: You can easily find a link to the COA for all of Lazarus’ products when viewing this massage oil online (but you do need to search the database for this particular product).