Mark Gillilan explains the three types of hemp extracts: full spectrum contains all plant compounds including trace THC, broad spectrum removes THC through chromatography but keeps other cannabinoids and terpenes, and CBD isolate is pure cannabidiol with everything else removed. Third-party lab testing verifies what's actually in the product.
Spectrum for Dummies today is the topic, so stick around if you want to learn the difference between the spectrums, what they all mean. You got the dry plant in the field, all hemp, less than 0.3% THC right now. As it matures and flowers and starts to approach that 0.3% THC limit, it gets harvested, gets hung to dry, so the full plant above ground parts So cut off at the ground, hung in, you know, typically a barn or some converted facility where it'll dry for a period of time to get the moisture level down where you want it. The dried hemp is then sent off for processing. Dried stalks, leaves, flowers are then all processed to just get the aerial parts. So really just the leaves and the flowers, mostly just the flowers is what you're looking for. And then that's sent off to extraction. And this is where they start to differ. Full spectrum is that full hemp extract profile. You get that whole extract, the first step of processing, and you use that as full spectrum. So it has the full suite of phytochemicals including THC. The next processing step is broad spectrum. Takes it one step further where you typically use chromatography and you ended up with a slightly modified hemp extract from full spectrum. is called broad spectrum at this point. So as much of the original phyto compound and cannabinoid profile as possible, just with the THC removed down to levels below the limit of detection for laboratory equipment and the third-party lab tests. CBD isolate is the third type of hemp product you'll see out there. So this is Kind of the opposite of broad spectrum. So you do the same sort of process, but you just pull out the cannabidiol and that's it. And you're left with a pure CBD isolate product, no other phyto compounds. So you end up with one of those 3 types of extract. Depending on what your brand does, you'll mix that into your products, send it off to an independent third-party ISO-accredited lab for testing to make sure It is what you expect it to be and set it off for selling. So those are kind of the 3 different ones depending on what you're looking for. Full spectrum has trace, less than 0.3% THC in it. Broad spectrum has a phyto compound profile closer to full spectrum, just without any THC. And then isolate is just the stripped-down isolated cannabidiol molecule.
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