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10 Tips for Identifying High-Quality CBD Oil

Published October 02, 2019
10 Tips for Identifying High-Quality CBD Oil - Secret Nature

You want high-quality CBD oil, but you don’t know how to separate the good products from the bad. There are hundreds of different CBD oil options on the market these days, and at first glance, they all look the same. Under the surface, however, CBD oil products vary widely in terms of ingredients, price, and the type of CBD they contain, so it’s important to learn the ropes before you make your final decision.

Whether you plan on using CBD oil with other CBD products or enjoying your CBD tincture on its own, there are 10 simple qualifiers you should consider as you search for the highest-quality CBD oil on the market. In this guide, we’ll show you what to look for in CBD oil and explain why Secret Nature CBD tincture is better than the competition.

1. Check the ingredients

The first place you’ll want to look when you’ve found a potentially high-quality CBD tincture online is the ingredients list. This simple list of the substances found in CBD oil doesn’t tell you everything you need to know about what a CBD product contains, but taking a look at the ingredients is a great first step.

To make CBD tincture, all you really need is CBD extract and a carrier oil. Preservatives are not necessary, and any additional ingredients should add specific benefits to the tincture. If you see a bunch of hard-to-pronounce, chemical-sounding names in the ingredients list of a CBD oil product you’re considering, it’s time to move on to another option.

Similarly, carrier oils vary widely in terms of effectiveness and safety. In Secret Nature Organic Hemp Flower Nectar, for instance, we use hemp seed oil as a carrier because it has impressive health benefits and, like CBD extract, it comes from the hemp plant.

MCT oil, which comes from coconuts, is arguably just as safe and effective as hemp seed oil, so tinctures with this carrier might be high-quality. Some CBD tinctures, however, contain carriers like propylene glycol, a common ingredient in vape juice that might not be safe for oral consumption. Avoid any tinctures that use anything other than hemp seed oil or MCT oil as carriers.

2. Look for lab results

It’s rare to find a CBD tincture in this day and age that doesn’t come with lab results. If you come across a CBD oil product that doesn’t appear to be lab-tested, therefore, you can be certain that it is low-quality and that its producers don’t even know how to sell their own products.

Lab tests vary, however, in terms of accuracy and reliability. Some companies try to get away with offering CBD oil lab tests from their own in-house labs, but you can only trust tests that were provided by independent, third-party laboratories.

There’s also plenty of variation regarding the types of information that CBD lab reports provide. Thorough lab tests provide information on the concentration of each cannabinoid present in the tested CBD product, and they also test for the presence of common contaminants like heavy metals and mycotoxins.

Lastly, good CBD lab reports should also provide information on the terpenes present in a CBD product. Even though they’re also found in other plants, terpenes provide benefits in hemp that are just as important as the benefits cannabinoids provide, so knowing which terpenes your CBD oil product contains can tell you a lot about how it will affect you.

3. Identify the dosage

If you’re having trouble determining the dosage of a CBD oil product you’re considering, move on immediately. Understanding exactly how much CBD your product contains is essential to calculating effective doses and making sure you get your money’s worth, so any brand that tries to make this information hard to find is not worth your time.

Similarly, look out for brands that advertise their CBD products as containing a certain amount of “total hemp oil.” Most full-spectrum and broad-spectrum CBD extracts contain anywhere from 25% to 50% CBD, so simply listing the amount of hemp oil is not enough to tell you how much CBD a tincture product contains.

Even worse, listing the amount of “total hemp oil” in a CBD product could be a sign that the product doesn’t contain any CBD at all. To get around the anti-hemp filters put in place by Amazon and other popular eCommerce platforms, some disreputable manufacturers advertise products that contain hemp seed oil as CBD products.

4. Find out the flavor

Even the best CBD product can be ruined by a bad flavor. Some people don’t like the taste of hemp oil, so you might want to consider a CBD tincture product that has added flavoring.

If you choose a flavored CBD tincture, however, make sure that the flavoring ingredients are safe and high-quality. Steer clear of CBD products that are advertised as containing “natural and artificial flavors” since this phrase often refers to dangerous chemical additives. Instead, opt for flavored CBD tinctures that include detailed lists of the exact natural flavoring ingredients they contain.

Our Organic Hemp Flower Nectar, for instance, is available in both flavored and unflavored varieties. We clearly state that our mint-flavored variety is flavored with pure peppermint essential oil, which helps consumers understand that our tincture does not contain any artificial flavoring agents.

5. Determine the consistency

In general, CBD oil products should have roughly the same consistency as olive oil. If a CBD tincture you’re considering has a thicker consistency, that could be a sign that it contains thickeners or other dangerous additives.

Under no circumstances should a CBD tincture have a gel-like or syrupy consistency. Check the reviews of a CBD tincture product you’re considering to determine its consistency, and if you can’t find the information you’re looking for, reach out to the manufacturer directly.

6. Ask about the shelf life

Depending on the ingredients included in CBD oil and the materials used to package it, this hemp extract may have a longer or shorter shelf life. In general, CBD extract has a shelf life of about a year, but that’s only under ideal conditions.

Adding unnecessary flavors or fillers to CBD tincture, for instance, can reduce its shelf life. That’s part of the reason it’s best to stick with natural ingredients and simple bases. Plus, you can reduce the shelf life of CBD oil by putting it in the wrong type of bottle.

Hemp oil oxidizes in sunlight, so keeping your CBD in an area that receives direct sunlight can cause it to oxidize faster. Also, materials that allow light to pass through, such as clear glass, will cause CBD oil to oxidize. To promote the longest shelf life possible, it’s best to store CBD oil in opaque containers like the black bottle we use with our Secret Nature Organic Hemp Flower Nectar.

7. Opt for full-spectrum

There are three different types of CBD extracts that you might find in tinctures: full-spectrum, broad-spectrum, and isolate. While isolate CBD can sometimes offer better purity since it consists of the cannabidiol molecule and nothing else, this type of extract doesn’t provide the entourage effect, which might boost the effectiveness of CBD oil.

Broad-spectrum CBD, which eliminates any detectable presence of THC from CBD oil, is subjected to extra extraction processes that could cause a decrease in quality by degrading cannabinoids and terpenes. Full-spectrum CBD oil, on the other hand, is considered the gold standard in the industry since it keeps all the natural cannabinoids and terpenes in hemp flower intact while containing less than 0.3% THC.

8. Evaluate the pros/cons

There will be benefits and detractors of any CBD oil product you consider. Therefore, it’s necessary to weigh the pros and cons of each tincture to find the best solution for your needs.

For instance, balance the price of your CBD tincture against the amount of CBD it contains and the ingredients it uses. You might find that a less-expensive CBD tincture with lower-quality ingredients might be what you’re looking for.

On the other hand, you may find that the price of a high-quality tincture doesn’t eclipse the benefits of the top-tier ingredients that it contains. It’s also important to consider the trustworthiness of the company that makes the CBD product you’re considering—you might want to avoid low-priced products with few reviews in preference of more expensive CBD tinctures with lots of reviews and excellent lab testing.

9. Calculate the price per milligram

One easy way to make sure you’re getting your money’s worth with your CBD tincture is to calculate the price per milligram that it offers. This calculation is easy to perform, and it will tell you a lot about the CBD oil you’re considering.

First, note the price of the CBD product you’re considering. Then, take the total number of milligrams that the CBD product contains. Divide the price of the product by the total number of milligrams of CBD it contains to get the exact cost, in cents, of each milligram of CBD in the product.

A price per milligram of around $0.05 to $0.10 is standard in the industry. If the price per milligram of the CBD oil product you’re considering is higher than this average, however, you might want to choose a different brand.

10. Read the customer reviews

Every CBD oil product you’re considering should have at least some reviews, and good products will have lots of reviews from both men and women of all ages and demographic groups. CBD companies are limited in what they can say about their products, but by reading customer reviews, you can find out if a certain CBD oil product is good for stress, anxiety, post-workout pain, or any other condition that you think CBD might help with.

Collectively, Secret Nature products have nearly 2,300 reviews to date, which shows that our brand is extremely popular. Out of these reviews, the vast majority are either four-star or five-star, so it’s easy to see that Secret Nature products are high-quality. Read some of these reviews to find out which of our CBD flower, CBD tincture, and CBD bundle products are the most beloved by our customers.

Buy the best quality CBD oil today

We’ve reached the end of our list, and you’re now an expert on how to find high-quality CBD oil. It’s time to finish things off with some more details on our high-quality CBD oil and what separates Secret Nature from the competition:

Secret Nature Organic Hemp Flower Nectar

With black seed oil, added cannabis terpenes, shilajit, and other natural, beneficial ingredients, our Organic Hemp Flower Tincture stands apart from the competition. This tincture includes 1250mg CBD per bottle, and it contains 100%-organic ingredients. Our pesticide-free, lab-tested tincture offers extended shelf life, and it contains around 2mg full-spectrum, organic CBD in every drop.

Taste the Secret Nature difference

Secret Nature is committed to offering the best CBD products on the internet. It would be easy to cut corners and skip steps like the other guys, but we take great pride in the quality and potency of our products. Try our Organic Hemp Flower Nectar today to experience the difference yourself, and save 15% on your first purchase with the coupon code “Secret 15”.

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