Colorado Hemp Honey

What Is Colorado Hemp Honey and Who Are Nick and Ali French Behind Frangiosa Farms?

Colorado Hemp Honey calls itself the original hemp honey company — and the timeline backs that up. Nick French, a former US Marine, and his wife Ali French founded Frangiosa Farms in Parker, Colorado in 2008 with a goal of producing local artisan honey through organic beekeeping practices. In 2015, Nick and Ali combined their raw Rocky Mountain wildflower honey with full-spectrum hemp extract and organic essential oils and created Colorado Hemp Honey — one of the earliest hemp-infused food products to reach natural food and pet retailers nationwide before the 2018 Farm Bill brought the category mainstream. Nick French's title at Frangiosa Farms is Chief Bee Shepherd, which is accurate: the farm operates its own hives, grows its own hemp near Parker, and produces every batch in small artisan runs.

The brand has been covered by Food and Wine, Westword and CNN — and the philanthropic mission is woven into the product line rather than bolted on. Frangiosa Farms donates ten cents from every jar of honey sold to Veterans to Farmers, a nonprofit that trains veterans in agricultural operations and sustainable farm businesses. A portion of every pet tincture sold goes to Freedom Service Dogs of America, which trains and places service dogs with veterans and people with serious injuries. In 2022 Frangiosa Farms launched the Bee Shepherd sub-brand — adaptogenic honey with USDA organic Lion's Mane, Reishi, Elderberry, Golden Turmeric and Wildflower varieties — extending the operation's whole-food wellness catalog beyond hemp. The Black Label THC and CBD sachets at ProCannabis are the brand's most potent format and the one that puts Colorado Hemp Honey in the hemp edible category alongside gummy-format competitors it was never designed to resemble.

What Is the Colorado Hemp Honey Black Label Sachet at ProCannabis — Formula, Ratio and How to Use It?

The Black Label sachet is one thing that very few hemp edible brands make: a whole-food THC and CBD delivery vehicle. Each sachet contains raw Rocky Mountain wildflower honey combined with MCT oil from coconut and a 1:1 ratio of hemp-derived Delta-9 THC to CBD. Two servings per sachet — half the packet for a lighter experience, the full packet for the complete dose. Glyphosate Residue Free certified by The Detox Project. Triple tested at ingredient level, in-house production and independent third-party laboratory. The 1:1 balanced Delta-9 hemp honey edible and CBD sachet format at ProCannabis sits alongside 1:1 balanced Delta-9 hemp honey edibles and CBD sachets across all available brands.

How you use it is the part that genuinely separates this from every other hemp edible. Open the sachet and eat it straight — it is raw honey with CBD and Delta-9 THC, and it tastes like very good honey because that is what it is. Stir it into tea or coffee — the honey dissolves cleanly and the cannabinoids disperse through the liquid. Drizzle it over oatmeal or toast. Put it in a smoothie. Use it as a salad dressing component. Anywhere honey works, the Black Label sachet works. That versatility does not exist in any gummy, capsule or tincture format — none of those have a culinary use case. Onset runs 45 to 60 minutes depending on food intake. New and low-tolerance buyers start with half a sachet and wait the full two hours before assessing.

Why Does Colorado Hemp Honey Use Raw Wildflower Honey as a Delivery System Rather Than a Gummy Base?

Raw honey is not just a flavoring agent here — it is the delivery system itself, and that matters in ways a gummy base cannot replicate. Raw Rocky Mountain wildflower honey is uncut and unfiltered, which means it retains enzymes, pollen, trace minerals and bioactive compounds that commercial processed honey loses during heating and filtration. The Frangiosa Farms honey is never heated above levels that would destroy those compounds. The resulting base is what Nick French describes as a naturally occurring delivery vehicle: the enzymes in raw honey assist nutrient absorption, and honey's natural glucose and fructose content provides a fast-metabolising carrier for the cannabinoids alongside it.

MCT oil from coconut plays a separate and complementary role. Cannabinoids are lipophilic — they dissolve in fat, not water — and their bioavailability from any edible is largely determined by the fat-based carrier they travel in. MCT oil is one of the most rapidly absorbed dietary fats available, metabolised directly to ketones in the liver rather than stored as body fat, providing a fast-acting lipid carrier that moves cannabinoids into the bloodstream more efficiently than the cocoa butter in a chocolate or the palm oil in a standard gummy. Full-spectrum hemp extract rather than CBD isolate means the complete cannabinoid and terpene profile from the hemp plant is present — the minor cannabinoids and terpenes that interact with the endocannabinoid system alongside CBD. Put those three together — raw enzyme-rich honey, MCT oil and full-spectrum extract — and the formula is categorically different from a gelatin-and-sugar gummy with isolated CBD stirred in at the end.

What Else Does Colorado Hemp Honey Make — CBD Jars, Pet Products and the Bee Shepherd Line?

The full Colorado Hemp Honey catalog runs across three product families beyond the Black Label sachets at ProCannabis. The CBD honey jar line is the brand's core range: Raw Relief is the original formula — raw wildflower honey with full-spectrum hemp extract and essential oils. Double Strength doubles the CBD concentration for buyers who want more cannabinoid per serving. The flavored jar variants pair the raw honey base with targeted botanicals — Turmeric and Black Pepper for the anti-inflammatory market, Cinnamon Serenity for warming everyday use, Elderberry Support for immune-focused buyers, Lemon Relax and Ginger Soothe for distinct flavor profiles with complementary botanical pairings, and Mushroom Complex combining hemp CBD with functional mushroom adaptogens. The full-spectrum CBD hemp honey jar range and raw wildflower CBD products at ProCannabis sit alongside full-spectrum CBD hemp honey jars and raw wildflower CBD products across all available brands.

The pet product line applies the same Frangiosa Farms philosophy to animal wellness — full-spectrum hemp CBD in formats designed for dogs and cats. Crazy Bee Gone is a pet tincture for general wellness and anxiety support. Hip N Joint targets mobility and inflammation. The topical line adds a Calming Ear Balm with Lavender and Peppermint and a Soothing Paw Balm with Boswellia — the beeswax from Frangiosa Farms' own hives forms the base of both balms, completing the farm-to-product cycle the brand is built around. CBD hemp pet balms and full-spectrum cannabinoid wellness products at ProCannabis are available across CBD hemp pet balms and full-spectrum cannabinoid wellness products for buyers exploring the full Colorado Hemp Honey range. The Bee Shepherd sub-brand launched in 2022 with USDA organic adaptogenic honey varieties — Lion's Mane, Reishi, Black Elderberry, Golden Turmeric and Wildflower Unfiltered — extending Frangiosa Farms into the functional honey market beyond hemp.

Who Is Colorado Hemp Honey For — the Whole-Food Edible Buyer and the Veteran-Owned Mission?

Colorado Hemp Honey sits at an intersection that very few hemp brands occupy: the buyer who wants a whole-food edible rather than a processed supplement, and the buyer for whom the brand's values matter as much as the product. On the product side: if you already use raw honey daily — in tea, on toast, in oatmeal — adding Colorado Hemp Honey Black Label to that routine is the smallest possible disruption to an existing habit. The sachet goes where the honey would go anyway. The cannabinoids travel in the same delivery system. There is no gummy to chew, no capsule to swallow, no tincture to measure under the tongue. It is honey with hemp in it, and it works the way honey works.

On the mission side: Nick French built Frangiosa Farms after his Marine service with a specific intention — create something that supports veterans, funds agricultural training programs and contributes to bee conservation. Ten cents from every jar goes to Veterans to Farmers. The pet product proceeds go to Freedom Service Dogs of America. The organic beekeeping operation runs bee conservation education programs and backyard beekeeping workshops. Those are not marketing claims. They are documented philanthropic commitments attached to specific programs with measurable outcomes. For buyers who care where their purchasing dollars go, Colorado Hemp Honey is a brand that has made those decisions transparent and structured. The Black Label THC and CBD sachets at ProCannabis carry the same sourcing, testing and production standards as every other Frangiosa Farms product — and the same ten cents per jar goes to the same place.