About KratomSource

KratomSource exists because there is no independent way to check what is actually in a bag of kratom sold in Canada. Health Canada does not test it; it has never authorized a kratom product and its only involvement has been seizing it from stores. Vendors publish their own lab reports, or none. Review sites, this one included until 2026, were mostly affiliate pages. We wanted the version of this that a consumer-testing organization would build: buy it anonymously from Canadian vendors, test it at an accredited lab, publish every result.

What we do

• Buy kratom from vendors that ship inside Canada, anonymously, at retail price, delivered to a Canadian address
• Film the unboxing and run bench checks on camera
• Send samples to an ISO/IEC 17025-accredited lab for alkaloids, heavy metals, microbial contaminants, pesticides and mycotoxins
• Publish the full certificate of analysis for every test, pass or fail
• Re-test every vendor every 3 to 6 months and chart the results over time
• Pair our Lab Score with a Community Score from verified buyers (coming in a later phase)
• Track Health Canada enforcement and Canadian legal status on dated, sourced pages

What we don’t do

• We don’t sell kratom.
• We don’t take money from vendors for anything that affects a score.
• We don’t give health, medical or dosing advice.
• We don’t review or link to concentrated or semi-synthetic 7-OH products.

Who is behind it

KratomSource is edited and presented by Felix Bouchard, who studied chemistry and engineering in Canada before turning to consumer testing. Felix orders every sample, films every unboxing and bench check, reads every certificate of analysis before it is published, and hosts the KratomSource YouTube channel. He has no ownership stake in, employment with, or consulting relationship to any kratom vendor, importer or lab, and never has.

Why this and not something else: kratom in Canada is a product thousands of people buy by e-Transfer, from stores nobody inspects, with nothing but the vendor’s word about what is in the bag. A chemistry background makes that hard to ignore. The point of this site is not to tell anyone whether to use kratom; it is to make sure that people who do can see what they are buying.

The videos

Every lab result has a companion video on the KratomSource channel: the anonymous order arriving, seals and batch numbers on camera, weight against the label, grind under the microscope, the sample sealed into its evidence bag, and then the certificate of analysis walked through line by line when it comes back. Videos never include dosing advice and never link to vendors; the written review on this site is where prices, codes and links live, with the disclosure beside them. The video is the receipt for the number on the page.

The lab

Testing is done by Murray-Brown Laboratories, an ISO/IEC 17025-accredited laboratory that specializes in botanical testing, including mitragynine and 7-hydroxymitragynine quantification, heavy metals and microbiology. We are a paying customer. The lab receives coded samples and does not know which vendor a sample came from.

The old KratomSource

This domain has reviewed Canadian kratom vendors since 2018. The old site was funded by vendor sponsorship, and its footer said so: stores paid for placement. That model is over. As of November 2026 no vendor pays for placement, testing or scores; we earn disclosed affiliate commissions only, and every rule that keeps that money away from results is on the independence page. The earlier reviews have been replaced by the vendor pages linked from our rankings, each of which notes its own history.

Where we are now

Our first batch of Canadian vendors is being bought and tested now. Results will be published together, with videos, in early 2027. US vendors follow once the Canadian programme is running. Subscribe and we will email you the day they go live.

Contact

Press, researchers, vendors who want to dispute a result, or readers who think we got something wrong: contact us. Vendors: please read our independence rules first; there is nothing here to buy.

Frequently asked questions

Who runs KratomSource?

Felix Bouchard, who studied chemistry and engineering in Canada, edits the site and hosts the KratomSource YouTube channel. He has no stake in any kratom vendor, importer or lab.

Is KratomSource affiliated with any kratom vendor?

No. We own no stake in any vendor and no vendor owns a stake in us. We may earn disclosed affiliate commissions, which never affect scores.

Where is KratomSource based?

Canada. Testing covers vendors that ship from inside Canada first, with US vendors to follow.