The hemp plant contains many active ingredients that are known for their many health-promoting properties and help an ever-increasing number of people to feel better. In order to process precisely these substances and their full potency in the highest possible quality into a product that is pleasant to use, they are extracted using various extraction processes.
Our extraction process
After our hemp plants have grown and matured through the summer and fall, they are harvested and dried by hand in late fall. After drying, the large leaves are removed and the flowers are separated from the stems.
The flowers are then crushed and mixed with ethanol (alcohol). After a certain time, the plant material is separated from the ethanol and the resulting ethanol-extract mixture is additionally filtered until a clear, golden-colored liquid is obtained.
To produce CBD oil, the ethanol-extract mixture is now heated in a closed distillation unit, which distils off the ethanol until only the hemp extract remains. After this process, the extract has a honey-like consistency, a dark golden brown color and is now ready for further processing.
The extract is tested in the laboratory for its CBD and THC content and then diluted with MCT oil to the desired concentration, filtered again and then filled into pipette bottles for easy dosing.
Ethanol: the solvent for cannabis extracts
To produce Blütengold CBD oils, we use the ethanol extraction process. Ethanol because it is one of the most suitable solvents for cannabis extraction.
Ethanol – also known as alcohol – is a solvent made from plant materials and has the property of gently extracting all the valuable substances and maintaining the chemical ratios naturally present in hemp. The reason for this is that, due to its polarity, ethanol can dissolve not only water-soluble substances (polar) but also fat-soluble substances (non-polar).
Why ethanol and not CO²?
Compared to CO² as a solvent, which only extracts the non-polar chemical compounds, when producing CBD oil with ethanol there is no risk of important plant substances remaining behind and ultimately not making it into the vial. As high pressure and different temperatures are used during CO² extraction, there is a risk that some substances will be destroyed or not extracted if the wrong pressure or temperature is used.
By producing CBD oil using ethanol extraction, we achieve a significantly more intense flavor compared to oils produced using other methods.
Another advantage is that the acids contained in the plant react on contact with alcohol, which is called esterification. This leads to increased bioavailability, which means that the body can absorb the ingredients better.
100% full-spectrum with entourage effect
To produce our CBD oils, we have optimized the manufacturing process so that all the important active ingredients such as cannabinoids, terpenes and flavonoids are almost completely extracted and other plant substances such as chlorophyll are only extracted to a very small extent. As a result, we achieve a product that contains the full plant spectrum and still has a very pleasant taste.
The greatest advantage of full-spectrum CBD oils over those containing isolated CBD is the interaction of the various active ingredients.
If the plant substances are present in their natural ratio, a synergy effect of the plant substances is achieved, whereby even a small dosage can have outstanding health properties.
Warm extraction
Warm extraction is an extraction process in which the extract reaches a temperature above 45 degrees at some point. When producing CBD oil with ethanol extraction, this creates a further advantage:
As the ethanol is evaporated over several hours under the influence of heat in the extraction process, complete decarboxylation of the active ingredients is guaranteed.
If plant material, which is subsequently extracted using a cold extraction process, is not or only partially decarboxylated, the active ingredients are contained in the end product, but this has a significantly weaker effect.
Decarboxylation is a chemical process in which the cannabinoids are activated. This is an excellent process for producing an effective CBD oil:
The active ingredients CBD and THC are only present in nature in their acid form, as so-called CBDA and THCA. The active ingredients in their acid form have hardly any effect compared to their activated form. This is also the reason why there is little to no effect when raw cannabis flowers are consumed.
In order to activate the active ingredients and thus produce a natural CBD oil, the cannabis is decarboxylated. This means that the plant material or extract is heated over a certain period of time, whereby a chemical decomposition process is greatly accelerated.
During this process, a carbon dioxide molecule (carboxy group) is split off from the active ingredients, after which the active ingredients remain in their activated form as CBD and THC.
Our CBD oil production: Your benefits in a nutshell
The blossom gold production process is characterized by the fact that:
- das natürliche Wirkstoffspektrum der Hanfpflanze erhalten bleibt, womit der Entourage-Effekt garantiert ist,
- das Cannabidiol vollständig decarboxyliert ist,
- es einen intensiveren Geschmack als bei auf andere Weise extrahierten CBD-Ölen bietet.
