While it may seem complicated at first, it isn’t really that hard to compare different brands of CBD oil.
The main things you want to look at when comparing CBD oils is ingredients, the amount of CBD per ounce, the price per mg, certificate of analysis, and the cannabinoid analysis.
One of the biggest strengths HempWorx CBD oil has is it’s lack of fillers. It only contains the CBD rich extract and uses hemp seed oil as the carrier (the peppermint has a tiny bit of natural peppermint extract). The extract and carrier oil are from the same plant, making it more natural.
Common fillers other companies use are:
- MCT oils, sunflower oils, basically any oil that isn’t hemp oil
- Glycerin, vegetable stearate
- Multiple flavorings, stevia, glucose
Basically, if it contains more than hemp oil, CBD extract and a little bit of natural flavoring, our product is better
Calculating the CBD per ounce is actually pretty easy, just pull out a calculator and divide the mg of CBD in the bottle by the number of ounces the bottle contains.
Example
If a company offered a 600mg CBD oil in a 3oz bottle you would divide 600mg by 3oz
600mg / 3oz = 200mg per oz
The best way to compare the prices of two different products that are different strengths is to break it down to the price it would cost for 1mg of their product.
Once you know the price per mg of their product you can multiply it by 500 (if comparing our 500mg) or 750 (if comparing our 750mg). This will give you the cost for 500mg/750mg of their product compared to ours.
It may seem complicated, but it really isn’t. Just pull out your calculator and follow along.
Example
HempWorx offers a 500mg for $69 and a 750mg for $89.
Let’s say Company A offers a 350mg for $50.
To find out how those stack against each other price-wise, simply divide the price by the amount of CBD in the product to get the price per mg. Then multiply by 500 to get the price per 500mg of their product.
($50) / (350mg) = 0.14
(0.14) x (500) = $70
This means that for every 500mg of their product someone buys it will cost them $70
Compare that to the HempWorx 500mg which is $69 means HempWorx is a savings of $1.
This section is where HempWorx easily beats almost all other competitors.
A certificate of analysis is basically a test to determine if their are any contaminants such as yeast, mold, heavy metals or residual solvents left in a product after being manufactured. It is a GUARANTEE that the product you are buying is pure.
HempWorx displays their certificates right on the website as our products are the purest on the market as they contain no contaminants, solvents or heavy metals.
If a company doesn’t display their testing certificates on their website it generally means there is something they don’t want you to see. If their products were completely pure why would they hide their testing?
Some companies, however, do display their testing and it can reveal some interesting things.
Once you get the hang of it, reading a certificate of analysis is a breeze.
To demonstrate the proper way to read a certificate of analysis I’ll use an analysis from one of less pure CBD companies out there. We’ll do an explanation about the different sections with a quick summation and rules of thumb at the end.
Heavy Metals
Heavy metals are one of the most common contaminants in low quality CBD products and it is especially bad because heavy metals don’t leave your body, they build up over time.
You can view an example of a heavy metals test – here
On the right hand side under the “result” column, there are 3 numbers with a “<” beside them. This means that it wasn’t detected at lowest amount they are capable of detecting. Alternative to this are “ND” or “< MDL”, which means “Not Detected” and “under minimum detectable limits”, respectively.
However as you can see there is no “<” or “ND” in the row about lead. This means that lead was detected in the product.
Pesticides and Fungus
There are several types on contaminants that fall under this category. Pesticides, fungal toxins, mold and yeast are the most pressing issues.
You can view an example of a pesticides and fungus test – here
In the pesticides category most of the results are ND, except for a few that have numbers. The farthest right hand categories say that every pesticide was passed, however. This is due to there being a limit for how much pesticide you can ingest and still be safe. I don’t know about you, but I wouldn’t want to be ingesting any.
Mycotoxins are toxins produced by fungus. As you can see this product tested positive for fungal toxins.
Residual Solvents
Residual solvents are things like butane, methane, hexane, and other words that end in “ane”. These are chemicals that can be left over in the product if a low quality extraction method was used to save a few bucks.
You can view an example solvent test – here
To Sum Up…
The things to look for in a certificate of analysis are heavy metals testing, pesticide and fungal testing, and testing for residual solvents.
If it says “<MDL”, “ND”, “0” or has a “<” symbol it wasn’t detected.
If it has anything other than those symbols or a 0, it was detected.
A cannabinoid analysis is just like a certificate of analysis, except it only measures the levels of the different cannabinoids in the product.
Many companies will try to use tricks or outright lie about their products to make them seem like something they aren’t (usually to make it seem that their products are full spectrum when they really aren’t).
That’s where the cannabinoid analysis comes in. It is the GUARANTEE that the product you are buying is what they claim it is. Without it there is no way to know whether you are actually getting what you are paying for.
We’ll start by looking at HempWorx’s cannabinoid analysis, two rules of thumb and end with a popular competitor whose claims don’t measure up to what their cannabinoid analysis says.
HempWorx Full Spectrum Cannabinoid Analysis
As you can see by clicking the link above, a full spectrum CBD product contains CBD and multiple other cannabinoids such as CBN, CBC, CBG and others. A full spectrum product will also contain a small amount of THC.
If it contains 3 or more cannabinoids other than CBD it qualifies as full spectrum.
HempWorx THC Free Cannabinoid Analysis
When you click the link above you will see HempWorx’s cannabinoid analysis for our THC free isolate. It contains nothing other than CBD. This is due to the fact the in order to remove the trace amount of THC it takes a slightly more intense extraction process that, as a consequence, removes the other cannabinoids as well.
If it contains 0% THC it’s an isolate, even if the company selling it says otherwise.
Some companies will try and trick you into believing they have a certain type of product, but when you take a closer look you will realize it isn’t at all what they’ve said it is.
My favorite example is a company called Zilis.
Zilis Ultracell
Zilis claims that their UltraCell products are full spectrum. A full spectrum product contains CBD, at least 3 other cannabinoids and will have a trace amount of THC.
When you look at their analysis page, however, it shows only CBD and no THC. This violates both of rules of thumb!
You can click – here – to view their analysis page (which is only available in low quality on their website to make it harder to read).
Some of our most common competitors are compared in the chart below. The names of the brands are listed here with their alternate names in brackets so they will come up when searching this site.
CBDPure (CBD Pure), Kannaway, HempLand USA (Hemp Land USA), Isodiol (Heneplex, CBD Nano Ultra), Pur 7 CBD (Pur7, Purx7, PurHealthRX, CBD 7), Zilis UltraCell, Purekana (Pure Kana)
You can type out info from this chart to customers, but DO NOT give them the actual image.
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