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Since the blog came back, one question keeps landing in the inbox: what does broad spectrum actually mean on your oils? Fair question. It’s printed on the bottle, and the CBD world isn’t great at explaining its jargon.

Here’s a plain-English answer. No science degree, no big promises, just what the words mean and what’s actually in the bottle.

This post is only about the oil drops. Gel tabs, creams, bath bombs, lip balms, and the pet oil are a story for another day.

The three words you’ll see everywhere

When you shop for CBD, you’ll usually see one of three labels.

Full spectrum is an extract that keeps most of what’s naturally in the hemp plant: CBD, other plant compounds, and the small amount of THC that hemp contains. THC is the compound most people have heard of from cannabis.

Broad spectrum sits in the middle. It starts out like full spectrum, a CBD-rich hemp extract with other naturally occurring hemp compounds, but it’s processed to remove THC.

Isolate is CBD on its own, separated out from everything else and sold as a near-pure powder or crystal.

If you want to know exactly what a product contains, ask the seller. That includes us.

What’s in our oils

We sell two oils: the 1000mg Broad Spectrum CBD Oil and the 1500mg Broad Spectrum CBD Oil.

Both are Swiss-made and contain just two ingredients:

1. CBD-rich hemp extract (the broad spectrum part)
2. An MCT carrier oil, made from coconut

That’s it. The carrier oil gives the extract something to sit in so you can use it as drops.

A straight word on THC and drug tests

Broad spectrum means THC has been removed, but please don’t read that as guaranteed zero. Extraction isn’t perfect, and very small traces can remain in hemp products.

So here’s the plain version: broad spectrum is not a drug-test guarantee. If you get tested at work, for sport, or for any other reason, think carefully before using any CBD product, ours included, and check with whoever runs the testing.

How to read the mg on the bottle

The 1000mg or 1500mg on the label is the total amount of CBD in the whole bottle. It’s the strength of the pack. It is not how much you take in one go.

A 1500mg bottle simply has more CBD in it overall than a 1000mg bottle. To work out how much CBD is in a single drop, you need the total CBD on the label and the amount of oil in the bottle, in ml. Divide the first by the second and you get mg per ml. From there, the label or the dropper markings tell you roughly how much is in each drop.

For context, the Food Standards Agency currently advises healthy adults to have no more than 10mg of CBD a day from food products. Search “FSA CBD” and their consumer advice comes up.

If you’re not sure how the numbers work out for your bottle, drop us a message. We’re happy to walk you through it.

A quick word on the rules

You might see some CBD sellers call their products “FSA approved”. At the time of writing, the FSA hasn’t authorised any CBD food products in the UK. The FSA keeps a public list of CBD products whose novel food applications are going through its process. Being on that list means an application is in progress. It doesn’t mean approval. We’d rather be straight with you about that.

Who our oils aren’t for

The FSA advises that some people should avoid CBD. Please don’t use our oils if you are under 18, pregnant or breastfeeding, trying to conceive, or taking any medication. If you’re on medication, talk to your doctor or pharmacist first. If you have an underlying health condition, have a chat with your GP before trying CBD.

Any questions?

That’s broad spectrum in a nutshell: CBD-rich hemp extract with the THC taken out, in a simple carrier oil, with the mg on the label telling you the strength of the whole bottle.

If anything here is still muddy, email admin@cbdhealthyliving.co.uk.

Stay curious,

CBD Healthy Living team