Kushy Punch is the Southern California edibles and vape brand Ruben Cross founded in 2014. It sells full-spectrum gummies in 10-piece tins, all-in-one vapes, 510 cartridges and infused pre-rolls, plus a separate Kushy CBD line. Licensed shops carry it in Arizona, California, Illinois, Massachusetts, Michigan, Missouri, Nevada and New York.
The footprint held in 2026. Headset tracked Kushy Punch in 573 dispensaries across those eight states in August 2026, 243 of them in California.
Ruben Cross and the 10-piece tin
Cross started in cultivation and moved into branded products. He built Kushy Punch around organic, non-GMO gummies made with full-spectrum oil, which the company says carries cannabinoids, flavonoids and lipids from the plant.
Every tin holds 10 individual gummies, the format the brand still runs on. Inc.'s company profile places Kushy Punch in Canoga Park with 11 to 50 employees and lists Cross as its leader. The company's own site names him founder and CEO and describes Kushy Punch as an edible brand serving medical and adult-use customers in California.
Jab Jab Hook, Uppercut and Haymaker
The punch theme runs through the menu. Alongside the core Indica Watermelon, Sativa Strawberry and Hybrid Blue Raspberry tins, Kushy Punch sells three boxing-named gummies: Jab Jab Hook in Peach Passion Fruit, Uppercut in Strawberry Basil and Haymaker in Meyer Lemon. Private Reserve Lemonade uses THC distillate that the company rates at 95% or higher.
The rest of the gummy range:
- Sativa Sugar Free Lychee, which the company bills as the first cannabis-infused sugar-free gummy
- Individual Gummies in flavors such as Kiwi, Strawberry, Peach Mango and Sour Apple
- Live resin and live rosin gummies
- Kushy CBD Peach, a zero-THC gummy made with organic ingredients and tapioca syrup
Vapes and pre-rolls carry the register
Gummies built the name, but hardware now pays the bills. Vapor pens made up 55.5% of Kushy Punch's sales in August 2026, Headset found, with pre-rolls at 26.6% and edibles at 17.9%. Pre-roll sales were up 114.6% from a year earlier.
The Weedmaps catalog shows the spread. All-in-one disposables come in 1-gram and 1.5-gram sizes, in Kushy OG, Watermelon Rush, Tropical Punch, Fresh Lemonade, Blue Raspberry and Peach Mango. Cartridges run on cultivar names such as Apple Fritter, Berry Gelato, Green Crack and Grape Durban. Infused Apple Fritter and Banana Mintz pre-rolls come as 1-gram joints and five-packs of half-gram minis.
Exclusive Brands and the Michigan launch
Michigan came through Exclusive Brands. On October 17, 2022, Ann Arbor's Exclusive Brands, a vertically integrated Michigan company with retail, processing and licensed grows, announced the transfer of ownership of the Kushy Punch brand to its CEO, Gus Shukeireh, effective March 1, 2022. It launched gummies built for the Michigan market at the same time, in 10 flavors.
Shukeireh said the goal was to "sustain the strong reputation and customer trust the brand has built over the last 8 years." Narmin Jarrous, Exclusive's chief development officer, also spoke for the company at the launch. Kushy Punch's own site continues to list Cross as founder and CEO.
Who makes it in Arizona and New York
Licensed operators produce Kushy Punch inside each state. In Arizona, the brand names AZ Compassionate Care, doing business as tru|med, as the company that cultivates, extracts and distributes every product. Its Arizona lab page posts certificates of analysis through Confident Cannabis for each batch.
Those listings date the 2026 production. Blue Raspberry, Kushy OG, Tropical Punch and Watermelon Rush vapes carry March 9, 2026 manufacture dates, and Fresh Lemonade and Kushy Berry follow on May 1, 2026. Lemonade and Sour Apple gummies were made April 1, 2026, and Blueberry and Blue Raspberry on May 1, 2026. In New York, the brand's site prints processor license OCM-PROC-24-000116.
Kushy Punch on shelves in 2026
Headset put Kushy Punch's August 2026 sales up 9.4% year over year, at an average price of $22.81. It ranked No. 10 in Missouri vapor pens, No. 18 in New York edibles and No. 32 in California edibles. Sativa Lemonade Gummies led the brand's sales that month, ahead of Blue Raspberry, Watermelon and Sour Apple gummies and a Strawnana disposable.
California remains the base, with Headset's store count concentrated in Los Angeles, San Diego, La Mesa, Long Beach and Santa Ana. From The Earth in Santa Ana lists the Sativa Gummy at $12.25 and Individual Gummies at $14.25. In Missouri, Missouri Health and Wellness carries the line at its Jefferson City, Sedalia, Washington and Kirksville stores.
Food banks and wildlife since 2014
Cross ties the brand to giving. "Our first responsibility is always to the people buying our product. But our second responsibility is to the world," he says on the company site. Since 2014 Kushy Punch has donated to the LA Food Bank, Wildlife Waystation, GiveDirectly and veterans' empowerment organizations.
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