Hemp Products: Every Category of Hemp Goods

Hemp products are goods made from the three usable parts of the industrial hemp plant: the bast fiber of the stalk, the woody inner core known as hurd or shiv, and the seed. Fiber becomes textile, cord, canvas and paper. Hurd becomes hempcrete, animal bedding and bioplastic filler. Seed becomes food, protein powder and the oil used in body care. Industrial hemp is the same species as marijuana but a different crop — in the United States it must test at or below 0.3% delta-9 THC — so none of the goods on this page are intoxicating and none of them are CBD.

AllHemp.com is an independent hemp marketplace. Every item ships direct from the brand that made it. This page lists every category we carry, what each one is actually made of, and what to look for before you buy.

Hemp clothing and wearables

Hemp bast fiber is spun into yarn and knitted or woven into fabric, almost always blended with organic cotton, Tencel or recycled polyester to soften the hand. A 55% hemp / 45% organic cotton jersey is the most common blend in a hemp t-shirt. The fiber is roughly three times stronger than cotton, naturally antimicrobial, and softens with every wash instead of wearing out.

• Hemp clothing — the parent collection: t-shirts, hoodies, dresses, pants, shorts and outerwear
• Men's and women's hemp clothing, plus kids'
• Hemp shoes and sandals — sneakers, slip-ons, boots and rope sandals
• Hemp socks and hats and beanies
• Hemp bags and backpacks
• Hemp jewelry — hemp cord bracelets and anklets
• Hemp accessories

Fabric, cord and raw fiber

The materials category — what makers, upholsterers and craft buyers come for. Hemp canvas and hemp-silk are sold by the yard; cord and twine are sold by weight or spool and are graded by ply and millimetre thickness.

• Hemp fabric by the yard — hemp canvas, hemp-silk and hemp-linen blends
• Hemp textiles — finished woven goods
• Hemp cord and twine — macramé, jewelry making, gardening and packaging
• Cotton, linen and bamboo craft cord — the non-hemp natural fibers, labelled as such
• Raw hemp fiber and hurds — bulk feedstock
• Hemp paper

Food and body care

Made from the seed rather than the stalk. Hulled hemp seed (hemp hearts) is roughly 30% protein and 30% fat, with a naturally favourable omega-6 to omega-3 ratio. Cold-pressed hemp seed oil is the base for most hemp soaps, balms and lotions. None of this is CBD — CBD comes from the flower, not the seed.

• Hemp food — hemp hearts, protein powder, granola, oil and snacks
• Hemp body care — soap, lotion, balm, shampoo

Home, building and animals

• Hemp home and kitchen
• Hemp building materials — hempcrete and hemp insulation inputs
• Hemp for pets and horses — bedding, leads and collars

Common questions about hemp products

Are hemp products the same as CBD?

No. CBD is a cannabinoid extracted from the flower and leaf of the hemp plant. The goods on this page are made from the stalk fiber, the woody hurd and the seed — parts of the plant that contain no meaningful cannabinoid content. A hemp t-shirt, a bag of hemp hearts and a spool of hemp twine contain no CBD and no THC.

Will hemp products get you high?

No. Industrial hemp is grown as a fiber and seed crop and must test at or below 0.3% delta-9 THC in the United States to be sold as hemp. Fiber, hurd and seed goods are not intoxicating.

Are hemp products legal?

Hemp and hemp-derived products containing no more than 0.3% delta-9 THC were removed from the federal controlled substances schedule in the 2018 Farm Bill. Individual states set their own additional rules, and some restrict specific categories — usually consumables and cannabinoid products rather than textiles or building materials. Fiber and seed goods of the kind listed here are broadly available. Check your own state's current rules if you are buying a consumable.

What does 100% hemp actually mean?

There is no legal minimum for calling a garment hemp, so the label can be applied at almost any blend percentage. 100% hemp means the fabric contains no other fiber — common in canvas, rope, twine and some woven goods, rarer in soft knitwear because pure hemp jersey is difficult to make comfortable. Below about 40% hemp, the hemp is contributing very little to the hand or the durability of the garment. Fiber content is listed on the product page wherever the brand supplies it.

Why do hemp products cost more than cotton?

Scale and processing. Cotton has a century of mechanised infrastructure behind it; hemp fiber still needs retting and decortication, most spinning capacity sits in China, and the volumes are a fraction of cotton's. The price gap narrows as processing capacity grows, and it partly closes itself over the life of the garment, since hemp fabric outlasts cotton.

Do hemp products smell?

Finished hemp goods have no noticeable smell. Raw or minimally processed hemp fiber, rope and hurd can carry a faint grassy or hay-like scent from retting, which fades. Hemp is naturally antimicrobial, which is why it resists odor in socks and base layers better than cotton does.

Is hemp fabric itchy?

Modern hemp apparel is not. The scratchy reputation comes from the coarse, poorly retted fiber used in 1990s hemp goods. Today's yarns are finer, nearly always blended, and soften further with each wash.

Where does hemp fabric come from?

The great majority of hemp textile fiber is grown and spun in China, with a smaller European industry in France, Romania and Italy. US hemp is grown mainly for seed and CBD; domestic fiber processing capacity is still being rebuilt. Brands that finish or sew in the US or Europe usually say so on the product page.

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