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Is Feel Free Legal? Ingredients and State Laws (2026)

Varies by state

As of November 12, 2026, Feel Free’s label discloses Noble kava root (extract) and Kratom leaf (ground). Judged by the law on file for Kava and Kratom, the strictest ingredient is illegal in 10, restricted in 26, gray area in 1, legal in 14 of 51 jurisdictions. Official actions on file: 3 (FDA, May 5, 2023, Court record, December 21, 2023 and Court record, October 20, 2025).

Derived only from the ingredients on file (label) and the law on file for each. Checked November 6, 2026.
Maker
Botanic Tonics, LLC
Category
kava and kratom drink (feel free CLASSIC tonic)
Product pages
botanictonics.com/products/feel-free-classic-tonic

FDA and other official findings (4)

  • FDA, May 5, 2023: FDA reported that U.S. Marshals, acting with FDA investigators, seized nearly 250,000 bottles of kratom-containing liquid made by Botanic Tonics and marketed as Feel Free Plant Based Herbal Supplement, estimated at more than $3 million.
    Read the FDA document
  • Court record, December 21, 2023: In Torres v. Botanic Tonics (N.D. Cal. No. 23-cv-01460-VC), the court denied a retailer’s motion to dismiss, summarizing the complaint’s allegation that the primary ingredient was kratom, not kava, and that this was not disclosed on the label. These are allegations described by the court, not findings.
    Read the court record
  • Court record, October 20, 2025: The court's final approval order in In re Botanic Tonics Litigation (N.D. Cal. No. 3:23-cv-01460-VC, Doc. 158) approved a class settlement that requires a kratom warning on every Feel Free label that contains kratom and in social media advertising.
    Read the court record
  • Peer-reviewed study, December 13, 2024: A peer-reviewed safety study of the product, run by a contract research organization hired by Botanic Tonics with a Botanic Tonics employee among the authors, states that each 15 mL contained 840 mg kratom leaf powder with 12.5 mg mitragynine and under 0.05 mg 7-hydroxymitragynine. No independent lab analysis of retail product was found.
    Read the study

What the label discloses

Supplement Facts panel on the maker’s product page (REV #008): serving size 1 fl oz (29.6 mL), 2 servings per 2 oz bottle.

  • Noble kava root (extract) · 260 mg total kavalactones per serving · Is Kava legal?
    Label source
  • Kratom leaf (ground) · 1.75 g per serving: 34 mg total alkaloids, 20 mg mitragynine · Is Kratom legal?
    Label source
  • 7-hydroxymitragynine · 0.0 mg per serving (as labeled) · Is 7-OH legal? listed at 0.0 mg per serving; not used for the state status on this page
    Label source
  • Other ingredients: water, pineapple juice, natural flavors, stevia leaf, citric acid not tracked
    Label source

Only ingredients disclosed on the label or identified by an official source (FDA, another government agency or lab, an accredited lab or a court record) are listed, each with its source. Compound Laws does not guess at undisclosed contents.

Rules on file for shots and drinks (13)

Feel Free is a liquid product, so these clauses for its disclosed ingredients apply on top of each state’s status.

  • Condition · Shots and drinks · District of Columbia, Kava
    A microenterprise home kitchen may not prepare food products containing kava; licensed food establishments are not covered by this exclusion. D.C. Code 7-742.11(3)(E)
  • Condition · Shots and drinks · Hawaii, Kava
    The Department of Health recognizes as safe only noble 'awa root mixed with water or coconut water by aqueous extraction for a beverage. 'Awa may not be an ingredient of other conventional foods or beverages, and as a dietary ingredient it may be sold only as a packaged, labeled dietary supplement from an FDA-registered facility. HAR 11-29-8(a); Department of Health GRAS Determination for 'Awa (January 23, 2024)
  • Barred in this form · Alcoholic drinks · Utah, Kava
    Beer and heavy beer do not include a product that contains an additive masking or altering a physiological effect of alcohol, including kava. Non-alcoholic kava drinks are outside this rule. Utah Code 32B-1-102(12)(c)(iii), (53)(c)(iii)
  • Proposed federal · Shots and drinks · Federal, Kratom
    The proposed DEA threshold order (FR Doc. 2026-20943, not before 2026-11-13) measures liquid preparations at more than 1 mg of 7-hydroxymitragynine (alone or with mitragynine pseudoindoxyl) per milliliter, against 1 mg per gram for solids, or a mitragynine to 7-OH mass ratio under 100. FR Doc. 2026-20943 (91 FR 65370), proposed 21 CFR 1308.11(h)(96)
  • Condition · Shots and drinks · Delaware, Kratom
    The definition of kratom product names liquid, shot and beverage forms, so the age 21 sale rule and the marketing and display limits reach them directly. 16 Del. C. ch. 30U (definitions)
  • Limit · Shots and drinks · Georgia, Kratom
    A kratom shot or drink must stay at or under 150 mg of mitragynine per serving, 1 mg of 7-hydroxymitragynine per serving and 0.5 mg of 7-hydroxymitragynine per gram. O.C.G.A. 16-13-122(b)
  • Limit · Shots and drinks · Mississippi, Kratom
    7-hydroxymitragynine may not exceed 1 percent of total kratom alkaloids or 0.5 mg per container, so the cap applies to a whole multi-serving bottle. Miss. HB 1077 (2025), sections 1 and 2
  • Barred in this form · Shots and drinks · North Dakota, Kratom
    A licensee may not sell a kratom product that contains kratom extract or is mixed with a nonkratom substance other than an inert encapsulating agent, so liquid kratom shots and drinks have no retail path; no license can issue until Attorney General rules are adopted. N.D. Cent. Code 51-38-04(1)(a)-(b), 51-38-06(4)
  • Condition · Shots and drinks · Oklahoma, Kratom
    Liquid kratom products must be in a retail container with clear serving size markings; a container under 8 fluid ounces holding more than three servings must come with a calibrated measuring device. 63 O.S. 1-1432.4(B)
  • Barred in this form · Shots and drinks · Rhode Island, Kratom
    A kratom product that is a conventional food or beverage, or is labeled as one, may not be prepared, distributed, sold, possessed or advertised. The per-serving limits (150 mg mitragynine, 1 mg 7-hydroxymitragynine) and 0.5 mg 7-hydroxymitragynine per gram also apply. R.I. Gen. Laws 21-28.12-3(a)(1), (10)
  • Barred in this form · Shots and drinks · Utah, Kratom
    Only pure leaf kratom may be sold: identifiable plant matter with no kratom extract and nothing mixed in except an inert encapsulating agent. A liquid kratom shot or drink is not pure leaf kratom. Utah Code 4-45-102(5), 4-45-104(1)
  • Barred in this form · Alcoholic drinks · Utah, Kratom
    Beer and heavy beer do not include a product that contains an additive masking or altering a physiological effect of alcohol, including kratom, so a kratom malt beverage cannot be sold as beer or heavy beer. Utah Code 32B-1-102(12)(c)(iii), (53)(c)(iii)
  • Limit · Shots and drinks · Virginia, Kratom
    7-hydroxymitragynine may not exceed 1 percent of total alkaloids in the container or 1 mg per serving. Kratom products that must be refrigerated may be stored in the same cooler as wine and beer under Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority rules. Va. Code 59.1-200(A)(77)

Feel Free ingredients by state

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The dot and the map show the strictest status among the disclosed ingredients in that state.

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Compound Analytics. “Is Feel Free Legal? Ingredients and State Laws (2026).” Compound Laws, https://compoundlaws.com/brands/feel-free/. Accessed November 13, 2026.

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