Published
June 11, 2025
Updated
September 28, 2026
This settlement resolves claims that Botanic Tonics sold its feel free wellness tonic without adequately disclosing that it contained kratom or warning about the risks. Claims closed in June 2025, the court granted final approval that October, and approved claimants reported receiving second payments of $44.44 in September 2026.
Current Status
Claims are closed. The deadline to submit a claim form was June 17, 2025, and new claims are no longer accepted. The final approval hearing was held on June 26, 2025, and the court granted final approval on October 20, 2025. The first round of payments has gone out: the settlement administrator filed a post-distribution accounting with the court on August 19, 2026, and the court entered an order on August 24, 2026. In late September 2026, approved claimants reported receiving a second check of $44.44. The final approval order sends money from uncashed first-round checks back to class members in a second pro rata distribution before any goes to charity. There is nothing new to file. The official settlement website had not posted an announcement about the second round as of September 28, 2026, and the $44.44 figure comes from claimant reports, not an official notice. Read our report on the second payment.StatusSecond Payments ReportedClaimants report $44.44 checks, September 2026 · final approval October 20, 2025
Claim DeadlineJune 17, 2025New claims are not accepted.
Settlement Fund$8,750,000At least $10 per bottle, allocated pro rata
Proof RequiredYesOnline filing used a login and password from the notice; receipts were needed above 10 bottles.
What Was the Case About?
Botanic Tonics, LLC, which makes and sells the feel free wellness tonic, agreed to an $8.75 million settlement resolving allegations that it marketed and sold the kratom-containing beverage without adequately disclosing the ingredient or warning consumers about the potential health risks associated with it. Botanic Tonics denies any misconduct and agreed to settle to avoid the cost and uncertainty of continued litigation.Kratom is a plant-derived substance often sold as a supplement and promoted for energy, mood, pain relief or easing opioid withdrawal. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has not approved kratom for any medical use and has raised safety concerns, and the National Institute on Drug Abuse notes that it can produce opioid- and stimulant-like effects and that its use can lead to addiction. Some states restrict or prohibit its sale.
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Who Was Covered?
The class covered people in the United States who purchased feel free wellness tonic containing kratom between March 28, 2019 and March 5, 2025.How Much Could Claimants Get?
Approved claims were valued at a minimum of $10 per bottle, with the final amount set on a pro rata basis that depended both on how many bottles a claimant purchased and on the total number of valid claims submitted against the $8.75 million fund. Because per-person amounts scale with bottle count and total participation, no single figure applies to every claimant.• Claims for 10 bottles or fewer could be submitted without proof of purchase.
• Claims for more than 10 bottles required documentation, such as receipts, for each purchase.
What Proof Was Required?
This page is marked Proof Required: Yes. Filing online used a login and password supplied in the mailed or emailed notice — an administrator-issued credential — and claimants who never received a notice had to register with the administrator to obtain one before they could access the claim form. Separately, any claim above 10 bottles required receipts or comparable documentation. The no-receipts tier for 10 bottles or fewer did not remove the credential requirement for online filing.What Happens Next?
The first distribution to approved claimants is complete, and a second pro rata distribution of money from uncashed checks is reaching claimants in September 2026. Under the final approval order, anything still left after the second round goes to a court-approved charity. Amounts can differ between claimants because payments are based on the number of bottles claimed. Updates are posted on the official settlement website.Official information is available at Botanic Tonics Litigation.
Important Dates
• Class period: March 28, 2019 through March 5, 2025• Claim deadline: June 17, 2025
• Final approval hearing: June 26, 2025
• Final approval granted: October 20, 2025
• Post-distribution accounting filed: August 19, 2026
• Second payments reported by claimants: late September 2026
Sources
• Official settlement website: Botanic Tonics Litigation• Settlement notice and claim form posted by the settlement administrator
• Order Granting Final Approval, In re Botanic Tonics Litigation, No. 3:23-cv-01460-VC (N.D. Cal. Oct. 20, 2025), Dkt. 158
• CourtListener docket
• Consumer Action — Botanic Tonics case listing
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Settlement Fund
$8,750,000
Defendant
Botanic Tonics, LLC
Class Period
March 28, 2019 – March 5, 2025
Claim Deadline
June 17, 2025
Final Approval Hearing
June 26, 2025
Status
Second payments reported, September 2026
Official Website
Botanic Tonics Litigation
