Last reviewed: October 19, 2026 · OG Cannabis, 469 Dundas St W
Here is the thing most people get wrong before they even compare. A 1,000 mg pack and a 5,000 mg pack contain the same number of gummies. Four, in both cases. The difference is not how much you get, it is how strong each individual piece is: 250 mg per gummy in the first, 1,250 mg in the second.
Once you see the range that way, choosing gets much easier. This post lays out every tier with its real piece size and price, explains why the cheapest milligrams are not the best buy, and gives you a way to pick that has nothing to do with the number on the front of the bag.
The short answer
- Both packs: four gummies.
- 1,000 mg pack: 250 mg per piece, $30.
- 5,000 mg pack: 1,250 mg per piece, $50.
- Per 100 mg: $3.00 vs $1.00, but only cheaper if you take a whole 1,250 mg piece.
- How to choose: buy the pack where one piece, or a simple half, matches your usual dose.
Prices from our Buddha Boys listings, current as of October 19, 2026.
Every pack in the range has four gummies
The whole Buddha Boys ladder is packaged identically. Same four pieces, same format. The 500 mg to 4,000 mg packs share ten flavours, and the 5,000 mg pack has its own twelve. Only the concentration changes.
| Pack | Pieces | THC per piece | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| 500 mg | 4 | 125 mg | $25 |
| 1,000 mg | 4 | 250 mg | $30 |
| 2,000 mg | 4 | 500 mg | $35 |
| 3,000 mg | 4 | 750 mg | $40 |
| 4,000 mg | 4 | 1,000 mg | $45 |
| 5,000 mg | 4 | 1,250 mg | $50 |
For reference, a licensed Ontario retailer may sell a whole package containing 10 mg of THC in total. A single gummy from the weakest pack on this list carries about twelve and a half of those packages. A single gummy from the strongest carries about 125.
So what actually changes between 1,000 mg and 5,000 mg
One thing: the size of the unit you put in your mouth.
The 1,000 mg pack gives you four 250 mg gummies. The 5,000 mg pack gives you four 1,250 mg gummies. That is five times the concentration in a piece of the same physical size, for twenty dollars more.
If your usual dose happens to be 250 mg, the 1,000 mg pack is a whole gummy and you are done. If your usual dose is 250 mg and you bought the 5,000 mg pack, every single time you want that dose you have to cut a fifth off a very strong gummy and guess at it.
The price trap
Now the part that quietly steers most purchases. Each step up the ladder costs five dollars more, while the potency roughly doubles at the bottom and keeps climbing. Run it as cost per 100 mg and the picture is stark.
| Pack | Cost per 100 mg | Compared to the 500 mg pack |
|---|---|---|
| 500 mg | $5.00 | baseline |
| 1,000 mg | $3.00 | 40% cheaper |
| 2,000 mg | $1.75 | 65% cheaper |
| 3,000 mg | $1.33 | 73% cheaper |
| 4,000 mg | $1.13 | 77% cheaper |
| 5,000 mg | $1.00 | 80% cheaper |
On that table the 5,000 mg pack is the obvious purchase. It is five times better value per milligram than the 500 mg pack, and it costs twenty-five dollars more in total. Almost every buyer who looks at pricing this way climbs to the top of the ladder.
We would rather tell you why that reasoning is flawed than let it sell you the wrong bag.
Why price per milligram is the wrong way to choose
Milligrams you cannot portion accurately are not cheap. They are just sitting in the bag.
THC is not guaranteed to be evenly distributed through a gummy in an unregulated product, which means cutting a 1,250 mg piece into small fractions gives you an estimate with a wide margin rather than a measured dose. We went through this properly in the post on how to dose a 5,000 mg pack safely. The short version: the smaller the fraction you are trying to cut, the less you can trust it.
So a 5,000 mg pack is excellent value if you take 1,250 mg at a time. If you take 100 mg at a time, it is a bag of four gummies you have to keep dividing by twelve, and every portion carries more uncertainty than the last.
The right question: can you cut one piece into your dose?
This is the test that actually answers which pack suits you. Take the dose you normally use, then find the pack where that dose is a whole piece, a half, or a quarter. Nothing finer.
| If your usual dose is | Buy this pack | One piece is | You would take |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10–25 mg | 500 mg | 125 mg | A fifth to a twelfth of a piece |
| 50 mg | 500 mg | 125 mg | A bit under half a piece |
| 125 mg | 500 mg | 125 mg | A whole piece |
| 250 mg | 1,000 mg | 250 mg | A whole piece |
| 500 mg | 2,000 mg | 500 mg | A whole piece |
| 750 mg | 3,000 mg | 750 mg | A whole piece |
| 1,000 mg+ | 4,000 or 5,000 mg | 1,000–1,250 mg | A whole piece |
Read the first row honestly. If you dose under 25 mg, none of these packs is a comfortable fit, because even the weakest piece needs cutting into fifths or smaller. That is doable with a chilled gummy and a sharp knife, but it is the outer limit of what this format does well.
What if you do not know your usual dose?
That table only helps if you can answer the question it asks, and plenty of people cannot. Most of us know roughly how much we smoke and have no idea what we take orally, because oral cannabis behaves differently enough that a smoking habit tells you very little.
Working it out takes two or three evenings and nothing else. Pick a night with nothing scheduled the next morning. Take a small portion, write down the time and roughly what you took, and then do not touch it again for a full two hours regardless of what you feel. Note how the evening went. Next time, adjust once, in one direction, and repeat.
Three rounds of that gives you a number you can use for years, and it is the single most useful thing you can do before spending fifty dollars on a pack whose piece size might not suit you at all. Start at the bottom of the ladder while you are finding it.
Which pack suits you, by experience
Plainly, because this is the question in the title.
Never taken an edible. None of them. Start with a legal 10 mg product from a licensed store and learn how your body handles oral cannabis before you come anywhere near a 125 mg piece. That is not us being cautious for the sake of it. Onset can take two hours, effects can last twelve, and a first experience at the wrong dose puts people off for years.
A few edibles a year, comfortable around 10 to 25 mg. The 500 mg pack. One piece is five to twelve doses for you, and it is the only tier where cutting stays reasonable at that size.
Regular, comfortable around 50 to 125 mg. Still the 500 mg pack, or the 1,000 mg if you are at the top of that range. A whole 125 mg piece or half a 250 mg piece is a clean unit.
Regular, comfortable at 250 to 500 mg. The 1,000 mg or 2,000 mg pack, where your dose is one whole gummy.
High tolerance, dosing at 750 mg or more. The 3,000 mg through 5,000 mg packs, which is precisely who they are built for. Here the value argument and the practical argument finally point the same way.
Buying for somebody else. The smallest pack, every time, unless they told you exactly what they take. You cannot judge another person’s tolerance, and the cost of guessing high is a genuinely frightening night for them.
Not sure where you sit? The full Buddha Boys range runs from 500 mg to 5,000 mg, with the THC in every piece listed side by side. Every strength is also on our high-dose edibles page.
What about the bulk pricing?
Multi-bag pricing drops the per-bag cost considerably, and the same logic applies one level up. Five bags is a genuinely better price and it is also twenty gummies, which for most people is a very long time.
Stored properly, in a sealed container somewhere cool and dark, edibles keep well enough, but they do not improve and the packaging carries a best-before date worth checking. The question to ask is not whether the bulk price is better. It is whether you will get through twenty pieces at your dose before they go stale. If your dose is a quarter of a 125 mg gummy, five bags is several years of supply.
What does not change between tiers
Worth being clear, since it removes some false reasons to trade up.
- Onset. Effects begin within 30 minutes to 2 hours regardless of which pack you bought, with full effects taking up to 4 hours. A stronger gummy does not arrive faster, it arrives harder.
- Flavours. The 500 mg to 4,000 mg packs share one flavour list, so moving up a tier does not cost you your favourite. The 5,000 mg pack has its own.
- Piece size. Physically similar gummies. Only the concentration differs, which is exactly why the number on the bag is so easy to misread.
- Storage requirements. Sealed, cool, dark, and locked away from children and pets. A 1,250 mg piece and a 125 mg piece look identical on a counter.
Sources: Cannabis: lower your risks, Health Canada. Edible cannabis safe use fact sheet, Government of British Columbia. Guide on composition requirements for cannabis products, Health Canada. Piece counts and prices taken from our own product listings, October 19, 2026.
The short version
- Every pack has four gummies. The number on the bag is concentration, not quantity.
- 1,000 mg means 250 mg per piece. 5,000 mg means 1,250 mg per piece. Five times stronger, twenty dollars more.
- The strongest pack is the cheapest per milligram by a wide margin, which is why most people buy it and why most people should not.
- Pick the pack where your usual dose is a whole piece, a half, or a quarter. Nothing finer than that cuts reliably.
- Buying for someone else, or new to edibles? Smallest pack, or a legal 10 mg product first.
Common questions
How many gummies are in a 1,000 mg pack?
Four, at 250 mg of THC each. The same count as every other tier in the range. A 5,000 mg pack also holds four, at 1,250 mg each, so the difference between the two packs is entirely in how strong each piece is.
Is a 5,000 mg pack better value than a 1,000 mg pack?
Per milligram, yes, by roughly three times. Per usable dose, only if you actually take 1,250 mg at a sitting. Milligrams you have to keep subdividing into small fractions are not good value, because each cut adds uncertainty about what you are really taking.
Which pack should I buy as a first high-potency edible?
The 500 mg pack, where a single piece is 125 mg and can be cut into fifths or eighths with reasonable confidence. If you have never taken an edible at all, start with a legal 10 mg product from a licensed store first.
Can I just cut a 1,250 mg gummy into smaller doses?
You can cut it, but the result is an estimate rather than a measured dose, because even distribution of THC through the piece is not guaranteed. The finer the fraction, the wider the margin. Choose a pack whose piece size is closer to your dose instead.
Do stronger packs take effect faster?
No. Onset is 30 minutes to 2 hours across every tier, with full effects taking up to 4 hours. A higher-potency gummy does not arrive sooner, it arrives more intensely. Wait the full two hours before considering more, whichever pack you bought.
Is it cheaper to buy several bags?
Yes, multi-bag pricing lowers the per-bag cost. The question is whether you will use twenty gummies before they pass their best-before date. At a quarter-piece dose, five bags of 500 mg is a very long supply.
Last reviewed October 19, 2026. General information, not medical advice. You must be 19 or older to purchase cannabis in Ontario. Keep all cannabis products locked and out of reach of children and pets. Prices and pack formats current as of October 19, 2026 and subject to change.
Keep reading: why Ontario edibles stop at 10 mg, how to dose a 5,000 mg gummy pack safely, and how long edibles take to kick in. Every strength we carry is on our high-dose edibles page.
