Himalaya is a California cannabis-extract brand founded in Northern California in 2015. It built its reputation around full-spectrum cartridges and concentrates made from cannabis-derived terpenes, then became part of LEEF Brands in April 2026. Its current catalog now extends beyond vapes into dabs, rosin and infused pre-rolls.
Founding story
The company says three friends founded Himalaya after travel through the Nepali Himalaya inspired the name and “Go Higher” idea. The founders’ names are not published on the current story page, so this profile does not guess them. The original product goal was to preserve the character of cannabis flower in a cartridge without artificial flavoring.
Ownership today
LEEF Brands completed its acquisition of Standard Holdings Inc., Himalaya Vapor’s parent, on April 27, 2026. An SEC filing describes Standard Holdings as a wholly owned LEEF subsidiary and Himalaya as an established Northern California concentrates brand. The brand’s older story-page claim that it is not corporately owned is therefore stale.
Current product range
Himalaya currently lists Originals cartridges, Live Resin Sauce cartridges and all-in-ones, live-resin concentrates, solventless rosin cartridges, LiveCBD cartridges, THCA-diamond-infused pre-rolls and batteries. Formats and strains rotate. The live-resin dabs are sold in one-gram jars; Live Sauce is offered in one-gram all-in-ones and 0.5- or one-gram 510 cartridges.
Extraction approach
Originals use cured cannabis and are refined for potency, while Live Sauce and live-resin dabs begin with flower frozen fresh at harvest. Himalaya says it adds no botanical terpenes, artificial flavors or color-remediation processing to its live-resin concentrates. Solventless rosin is a separate process and should not be conflated with hydrocarbon live resin.
Farm and manufacturing model
The brand historically sourced sun-grown cannabis from small Northern California family farms and filled and packaged products in-house. LEEF’s acquisition adds a vertically integrated parent with cultivation and extraction operations. Exact source farm and manufacturer can still vary by batch and should be checked on the package and linked certificate of analysis.
Testing and transparency
Himalaya publishes rotating batch lists with potency data, farm origin on some entries and links to COAs. That is more useful than a permanent strain catalog because small-batch inputs change. Consumers should match the lot number on the package to the posted report rather than applying one batch’s result to the whole line.
2025 voluntary recall
California’s Department of Cannabis Control published a voluntary recall on August 11, 2025 for multiple Himalaya vape cartridges made by Korben Labs LLC. The notice said CBD isolate came from an unknown and unidentifiable source, making the products prohibited. It was a specific product action, not a blanket claim about every Himalaya item.
Press, awards and milestones
Independent California press profiled the brand by 2018, and the 2026 acquisition is its clearest recent business milestone. This pass did not locate an organizer-published competition award strong enough to list. Self-published claims about being a top California brand are not treated as independent recognition.
Where to buy and what to check
Himalaya is sold through licensed California retailers and maintains a store locator. Before buying, verify the product category, batch, licensee and COA, then check the DCC recall portal for affected identifiers. The page separates current verified ownership and safety history from the brand’s older marketing copy.