How to Read a CBD Lab Report (5 Easy Steps by CBDfx)

CBD lab reports are essential for discerning good products from bad, but how do you read these reports?    

If you’re rightfully concerned with product purity and integrity that matches what’s on the label, you might be asking yourself: can labs test for CBD? The answer is absolutely, and they do so all the time for reputable CBD manufacturers. With the CBD industry on the rise, the demand for accurate, reliable CBD lab reports is greater than ever before. Once you’ve gotten your hands on a CBD lab report, however, you’ll find that it includes a lot of information to unpack – and you might not be sure what it all means. In this guide, we’ll teach you how to accurately read CBD lab tests in five easy steps.

1. Find the Report

Finding reports for lab-tested CBD oil should never be hard, and here at CBDfx, we make this process incredibly easy. We test every batch of each product we produce, which means that our reports are always up to date, and we make these reports publicly available on CBDfx lab reports page.

That’s not all, the packaging of every CBDfx product features a QR code you can scan to be sent directly to the most recent lab report for that product. We want to make it as easy as possible to find detailed lab testing information for our products, and with this handy QR feature, proving to your friends that your CBDfx product is verifiably high-quality is as simple as snapping a selfie.

 2. Understand How Types of CBD Differ

Once you’ve found the lab reports for your CBDfx product, the first thing you’ll need to understand is that different types of CBD produce different types of expected lab results. The three different kinds of CBD are CBD isolate, broad-spectrum CBD, and full-spectrum CBD; and these substances each contain different cannabinoids in different concentrations.

Here at CBDfx, we don’t offer isolate CBD products because research indicates that isolate is likely less effective than other types of CBD1. Isolate CBD contains nothing other than the CBD molecule, and it is usually in a crystalline form. Broad-spectrum CBD, on the other hand, contains lots of beneficial terpenes and cannabinoids besides just CBD, but it contains 0% THC. Many of our products, including our new CBD Face Masks, contain broad-spectrum CBD.

Lastly, full-spectrum CBD is basically the same as broad-spectrum CBD oil, but with trace amounts of THC amounting to less than 0.3% of the total volume of the extract. These levels of THC are too low to get you high, but it’s thought that trace amounts of this cannabinoid might contribute to the entourage effect, which makes CBD more effective.

Depending on which type of CBD you purchase, the lab results for your product will differ. The cannabinoid profile for isolate CBD, for instance, will show nothing but CBD, and the profile for full-spectrum CBD might show trace amounts of THC. That’s totally normal and simply a feature of the CBD variety you’re purchasing.

 3. Examine the Cannabinoid Profile

The cannabinoid profile is one of the most important parts of a CBD lab report. This section is usually included at the top of a CBD lab test, and it gives detailed data on the levels of the various cannabinoids that are naturally present in hemp oil. In CBDfx lab reports, which are provided by PharmLabs San Diego, information on the total percentage per volume, milligrams per gram, and total milligrams is provided for each major cannabinoid. In the most recent report for our CBD Oil Tincture 1500mg, for instance, you’ll find that this batch of our tincture formula contains 1614mg of CBD per unit, which is over 100mg higher than our listed concentration. This tincture also includes 26.7mg of CBG and 7.2mg of CBN.

It’s easy to see exactly why independent lab testing is so essential in the CBD industry. Without trustworthy lab results, it’s impossible to tell whether the product you’re buying contains the amount of CBD advertised. We always stand behind the results of our lab tests, and as you can see, it isn’t uncommon for our products to contain more CBD than we advertised, not less.

 4. Check for Nasty Stuff

The next section of a CBD lab report will often contain information on contaminants and toxins. Here at CBDfx, we take the cleanliness and quality of our CBD very seriously, and we test for residual solvents, pesticides, mycotoxins, micro-toxins, and heavy metals in every batch of CBD we produce.

As with our other testing parameters, we don’t just test the CBD oil that goes into our products; we test each and every batch of every product we produce. It’s impossible to understate the importance of this step; if a company only tests its CBD oil and not its products, there’s no way to tell how much CBD is actually present in the final product.

Unfortunately, it’s all too common in the CBD industry to come across products that were produced with sub-par materials or in unsafe conditions. As a result, these low-quality CBD products contain mold, mildew, heavy metals, pesticides, and other substances you don’t want in your body. Here at CBDfx, we’re proud to operate the most state-of-the-art CBD production facility in the United States, and we only use organic, non-GMO hemp to produce our products to make sure you won’t be exposed to any residual pesticides or other harmful toxins.

 5. Compare and Contrast

You can learn a lot about a company based on what they include and don’t include in their lab reports. If you aren’t sure which CBD company you should work with, it’s a good idea to compare and contrast the lab reports offered by different companies to determine which CBD producer is the most reputable.

As you compare the reports provided by different CBD companies, there are a couple of things you should watch out for. First, we already mentioned how it’s important to make sure that a company you’re considering tests each individual product instead of just its CBD oil. Also, it’s important to check out the relationship between the CBD company and the testing agency; there’s a reason that independent testing is so important in the CBD industry; the lab results you have in your hands or on your screen are useless unless you can verify that the testing agency didn’t fudge the numbers for some cash on the side.

Lastly, it’s important to take a thorough look at the results of the tests themselves. To be legal in the United States, CBD products must contain less than 0.3% THC, if a CBD product you’re considering contains more than this amount of this prohibited cannabinoid, it is an illegal drug and not a general market product.

Source: https://cbdfx.com/cbd-news