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The Official Cannabis collection · sheet 31No 31 · Guavavs GMO Cookies

Comparison

Guava vs GMO Cookies

GMO Cookies is Girl Scout Cookies × Chemdawg, bred by Mamiko Seeds, so it joins the two families the main Guavas come from: Gelato’s Girl Scout Cookies side and the Chemdog lines behind Stardawg.1,2,3 Guava tests lower in state labs: 23.52% median THC from only 92 tests, a small sample, against 26.74% for GMO Cookies.4

Side by side

GuavaGMO Cookies
TypeSativa-leaning hybrid (Cookies Fam Guava, per Leafly); Flavour Chasers’ seed version is mostly indica5,6Hybrid; mostly calming1
LineageA Gelato phenotype (Cookies Fam); also a 2011 Stardawg phenotype and Stardawg × Afghani seeds5,6,7Girl Scout Cookies × Chemdawg (Mamiko Seeds)1
Median THC (state lab tests)23.52% (92 tests); small sample26.74% (2,159 tests)
Middle half of THC results21.32%–25.73%23.46%–29.83%
Top terpenes (median)β-Caryophyllene, Limonene, α-Humulene (20 tests)Limonene, β-Myrcene, β-Caryophyllene (456 tests)
Leafly’s top effectsTalkative, focused, energetic5Relaxed, sleepy, euphoric1
FlavorApricot, tree fruit, tropical5Chemical, pepper, pungent1
Leafly THC listing21%528%1

Lab rows come from the same state lab dataset and matching rules for both strains.4

Lab-tested THC: Guava vs GMO Cookies

20% 22% 24% 26% 28% 30% GMO Cookies GMO Cookies: median 26.74%, middle half 23.46%–29.83%, 2,159 tests 26.7% n=2,159 Guava Guava: median 23.52%, middle half 21.32%–25.73%, 92 tests 23.5% n=92 Median total THC (dot) and middle half of tests (bar)
Median and middle half of total THC in state lab tests. Small sample: Guava has only 92 tests.4

Which is easier to find

On Oct 4, 2026, 78 stores within 50 miles of Los Angeles listed Guava flower on Weedmaps, against 193 stores for GMO Cookies; around New York the counts were 35 and 93.8 Most items in Guava’s count carry longer names, such as Guava Casquitos or Passion Orange Guava (see where to find it).8

Its own site

GMO Cookies has its own guide in the Official Cannabis network at gmocookiesstrain.com.

More comparisons

Sources

  1. Leafly, GMO Cookies (aka Garlic Cookies) strain information. Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  2. Leafly, Gelato (aka Gelato 42, Larry Bird, Zelato) strain information. Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  3. Leafly, Stardawg (aka Stardog) strain information. Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  4. Cannlytics (CC BY 4.0), cannabis_results: public state lab results (filtered and aggregated by Official Cannabis). Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  5. Leafly, Guava strain information. Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  6. SeedFinder, Guava (Flavour Chasers): strain info. Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  7. High Times, The High Times interview: Top Dawg Seeds (T.H. Caeczar) (2016-10-12). Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  8. Weedmaps listings, compiled by Official Cannabis, Weedmaps flower menu snapshot, 27 US markets, Oct 4, 2026. Accessed Oct 4, 2026.