Tagged “labelling”
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Dates and Storage Wording on a CBD Label
A batch date, a best-before date and a certificate date are three different things. What each one on a CBD package is actually telling you.
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Gummies vs. Oil: What Changes on the Label
Same extract, different label: how the serving unit, the ingredient list and the batch report change when a CBD oil becomes a gummy.
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What "CBD" Actually Denotes on a Package
Three letters doing four jobs: a compound, a product category, marketing shorthand and a content figure. How to tell which one you are reading.
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CBD Topicals: Why the Label Looks Nothing Like an Oil's
Topicals are labelled as cosmetics: an INCI ingredient list in descending order, a per-container figure, and no serving panel. How to read one.
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"Water-Soluble", "Nano", "Liposomal": Formulation Words on a CBD Label
Nanoemulsion, liposomal and water-soluble are dispersion words, not defined terms. What each denotes and why no lab report evaluates them.
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A Glossary of CBD Label and Lab Report Terms
Every abbreviation and category word you'll meet on a CBD package or certificate, defined in one place, with the traps flagged.
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Terpenes and the "Entourage" Claim: Where the Words Come From
Terpenes are aroma compounds found across the plant kingdom. What a terpene line on a label describes, and why the entourage claim can't be verified.
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Why CBD Labels Look Like Supplement Labels
CBD products borrow the supplement panel format without the category being settled. What the panel's fields mean and what the borrowing implies.
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How to Read a CBD Certificate of Analysis
The COA is the only document that says what's actually in the bottle. Here's what each section means and how to check it matches your batch.
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Red Flags on a CBD Label
Some packaging phrases carry information and some carry none. A field guide to the wording that should make you look harder at the paperwork.
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CBD vs. THC: What the Labels Actually Mean
Two different compounds from the same plant, and three product categories built around how much of one is left in. A guide to the terminology.
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Hemp Oil vs. CBD Oil: Why the Labels Get Confused
Hemp seed oil and CBD oil come from different parts of the plant and contain different things. The names overlap and sellers exploit it.
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Does CBD Show Up on a Drug Test?
Standard tests don't look for CBD — they look for a THC metabolite. That's why a legal CBD product can still produce a positive result.
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Questions Worth Asking a Pharmacist About a CBD Product
Some questions a label can answer and some it can't. A list of the second kind, phrased so a pharmacist can actually work with them.
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Minor Cannabinoids on a Label: CBG, CBN, CBC, CBDA
Whole-extract labels list cannabinoids beyond CBD. What each abbreviation stands for, where it comes from, and how it appears on a lab report.
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Delta-8 vs. CBD: What the Label Distinction Is
Delta-8 THC and CBD are different compounds sold side by side in the same shops. What separates them on a label and on a lab report.
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Hemp-Derived vs. Cannabis-Derived: A Legal Category, Not a Plant
Hemp and marijuana are legal categories separated by a THC threshold, not different species. What that means for the words on a CBD label.
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"Non-Detect" Does Not Mean Zero
ND on a lab report means below the method's detection limit. Why that distinction matters, and what LOD and LOQ actually license you to conclude.
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What "THC-Free" Can and Cannot Mean on a Label
THC-free is a marketing phrase with no fixed definition. What sellers usually mean by it, and the one figure on the lab report that pins it down.
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What the Big Number on the Front of a CBD Bottle Counts
The large figure on a CBD package is usually total content in the whole container, not per serving. How to work out which measurement you're reading.
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CO2, Ethanol, Distillate: Extraction Words on a CBD Label
Extraction terms describe how the compounds were pulled out of the plant. What each word means as a label term, and what it can't tell you.
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Carrier Oils on a CBD Label: MCT, Hemp Seed, Olive
Most of a CBD tincture is carrier oil. What the common carrier names mean, why they appear, and what the label is and isn't telling you.
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Total THC vs. Delta-9 THC: Why Lab Reports Show Two Numbers
A lab report can list two different THC figures for the same sample. They measure different things, and which one matters depends on your situation.
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What "CBD Isolate" Means on a Label
Isolate is cannabidiol purified until nothing else remains. What that means for the label, the lab report, and the words printed beside it.
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Full Spectrum vs. Broad Spectrum CBD: What the Categories Claim
Three category names describe how much of the plant's other compounds stayed in the extract. Here's what each one claims and how to verify it.