Ice Cream Cake lab report

Yes, California was the high end of the Ice Cream Cake state split: 86% of 36 flower tests reached 20% THC or higher, while the full 2,489-test set had 74% at 20%, 23% at 25% and 1.0% at 30%, with a 22.17% median.¹

At the high end, California had 86% of 36 tests at 20% THC or higher with a 24.92% median; Colorado sat at 39% of 33 and 18.79%.¹ That contrast folds in local cultivation, laboratory methods and regulations, not just the strain.

Yes: seller and label THC numbers for Ice Cream Cake ran higher than database numbers, while the single outside figures still split around the lab middle, with 2 of 4 above the 22.17% median and only 9.3% reaching Barney’s Farm's 27%, about 1 in 11.^1,3

The low single was Leafly's 22%; 52% of tests were at or above that line, about half.^1,4 Compared with database numbers, seller and label numbers sat higher: the typical seller value was reached in 31% of tests, versus 47% for the typical database value.¹

For ranges, 20–28% from Weedmaps captured 69% of tests; 20–25% from AllBud captured 52%.^1,5,6 These reference figures do not replace a batch certificate.

Yes, averages can put β-caryophyllene first for Ice Cream Cake, even though the test-by-test lead went to limonene: across 753 tests, limonene led 49%, β-caryophyllene led 38% and β-myrcene led 12%.¹

Median levels flip the answer, putting β-caryophyllene ahead of the field.¹ The outside claim points the other way: Leafly lists caryophyllene as dominant for Ice Cream Cake.⁴ In the lab count, β-caryophyllene led 38%, trailing limonene at 49%.¹ Averages can therefore disagree with the winner counted test by test.

The terpene sample is heavily Nevada-weighted, with 718 of 753 tests from that state, so the leader split mostly reflects that market's flower.¹

Granddaddy Purple, Sherbet and LA Kush Cake are the closest terpene-profile matches for Ice Cream Cake, with overlaps of 96%, 95% and 94%; at the other end of the 36-strain comparison, Durban Poison overlaps 41%.¹

Granddaddy Purple and LA Kush Cake have limonene as their leading terpene, while Sherbet leads with β-caryophyllene; Durban Poison leads with terpinolene.¹

Method: for each strain, median amounts for eight terpenes are turned into shares of that terpene set, then the shared portion of two profiles is measured; identical mixes score 100.¹ We include only strains with at least 30 individual-terpene tests, and the result is a lab-chemistry comparison, not a forecast of how a strain feels.¹

Among qualifying strains, Ice Cream Cake sits in the top third for median total THC, placing 17th of 52 at 22.17%; its immediate neighbors are Cinderella 99 at 22.31% on the higher side and Blueberry at 21.91% on the lower side.¹

For the 25% threshold, Ice Cream Cake's 23% share put it 21st.¹ Its interquartile band was 19.85%–24.70% (4.85 points), ranked 22nd narrowest among 52 qualifying strains and pointing to average consistency.¹

Among different grower and state sample pools, Ice Cream Cake lab THC differed inside Michigan: after the 20-test cutoff, Lab Q (Michigan, 27 tests) had a 17.81% median and Lab K (Michigan, 40 tests) had 25.05%, a gap of 7.24 points across 23 qualifying labs.¹

Within Michigan, the 10 labs at that threshold still ranged from 17.81% to 25.05%, again a gap of 7.24 points.¹

That difference is not evidence by itself that a laboratory reports high; labs receive different grower mixes. The spread combines cultivation source and testing site. The lab letters are page aliases; Lab A marks the highest-volume tester, and the downloadable test file gives the actual lab names.

Yes, higher-THC Ice Cream Cake also carried more total terpene weight: the upper THC third had a 2.09% median at 24.38% THC or higher, versus 1.45% at 20.87% THC or lower in the lower third, across 1,533 paired tests.¹ The terpene median gap was 0.64 points.¹

The state check agreed in 2 of 2 qualifying states, summarized as Maryland up and Nevada up.¹ Total terpenes are weighed aroma-compound totals; they do not measure effects.

Yes, in the all-state view Ice Cream Cake THC decreased: 2020 logged a 22.21% median from 310 tests, while 2024 logged 20.08% from 36, making the overall change −2.13 points.¹

Fixing the view on Nevada reverses the sign: 2020 sat at 23.47%, while 2023 sat at 25.36%, for +1.89 points.¹ The all-state decline is partly a state-mix result.

Years are included only when they meet the 20-test floor.¹

Ice Cream Cake reaches labs mostly as flower: among 3,229 exact-name results, flower accounted for 83%, while shake and trim made up 7.0%, concentrates 6.0% and pre-rolls 2.1%.¹ Those flower records, not the shake, concentrate or pre-roll records, feed the strain calculations here.

Names longer than the exact label contributed 335 more records containing Ice Cream Cake, equal to 9.4% of the broader name-containing set; common examples were “Nitro Cake (Ice Cream Cake X (GMO X Trophy Wife)” (34), “Nature's Ice Cream Cake” (27) and “GBO Ice Cream Cake” (22).¹ We exclude those labels under the name-matching rules because extra wording, crosses or product qualifiers may point to a different item.

Ice Cream Cake ranked 4th of 58 strains in the Oct 4, 2026 Weedmaps snapshot, with 537 store listings for its flower counted within 50 miles of each market's center and coverage in 22 of 27 markets.²

For exact eighths, Ice Cream Cake versus the typical other tracked strain was: New York, NY: $34.00 vs $36.08; Detroit, MI: $17.49 vs $16.00; Los Angeles, CA: $15.00 vs $25.00; Baltimore, MD: $40.00 vs $35.00; Denver, CO: $25.00 vs $17.50; Oklahoma City, OK: $15.00 vs $17.75; Chicago, IL: $35.00 vs $43.20; Portland, ME: $25.00 vs $25.00; Newark, NJ: $30.00 vs $44.38; Seattle, WA: $30.00 vs $25.50; St. Louis, MO: $28.00 vs $30.50; and Portland, OR: $33.00 vs $25.00.² The exact-eighth price comparison was split: lower in 6 of 12 comparable markets, equal in Portland, ME, and higher elsewhere.²