Wholesale Crude CBD Oil - n-Butane

Wholesale and Bulk CBD Hydrocarbon Extraction Oil for Sale

HYDROCARBON EXTRACTIONS – N-BUTANE - n-Butane is an all-natural, organic solvent and is used as an emollient, propellant and refrigerant and it is Generally Recognized As Safe by the FDA for human consumption. When combusted, the waste product from n-Butane is CO2 and water. While FDA and International Conference on Harmonization specifications allow levels up to 5000PPM in products, in our application we regularly achieve 0PPM in any CBDA product produced. 0PPM for any decarboxylated product is to be expected, as the application of heat in the additional processing removes the potential for any solvent whatsoever. nButane is an efficient and comprehensive solvent, has a small loading ratio and it can be recovered quickly, translating to relatively quick production times.  The MSDS for nButane essentially states that it is harmless except for the fact that it is flammable and is extremely cold in liquid state.

The n-Butane used in the extraction laboratory environment is 99.999% pure n-Butane, and this product is distilled prior to use as a solvent to ensure any potential for foreign materials in the gas is negated.

ABSOLUTES / WINTERIZATION – Due to the extremely low temperature of extracting with BHO our crude oil it does not require further processing to eliminate the fats, lipids and waxes that are present in other raw whole-plant extracts. The extract produced is one of the purest available.

ACID OR NEUTRALIZED FORM (AKA DECARBOXYLATION) - Raw cannabis contains the acidic form of the cannabinoids. In our CBD rich hemp, those cannabinoids are primarily CBDA with trace amounts of THCA – both of which are not psychoactive. When controlled heat is applied, the CBDA/THCA molecule loses its carboxylic functional group (COOH) in the form of water vapor and carbon dioxide and become the neutralized forms of the molecules - CBD. This process is called decarboxylation or ‘decarbing’. Smoking or vaporizing cannabis decarboxylates the cannabinoids by the heat of the combustion (or vaporization). If the target product set is for oral ingestion, most clients prefer their product fully decarboxylated (also referred to as ‘activated’).

CBD oil products produced with n-Butane or alcohol as the primary solvent can either provided in a non-decarboxylated CBDA ‘dab-grade’ form that is solvent free and terpene rich or in an ‘Activated’ form that is fully decarboxylated. The other extraction methodologies traditionally default to decarboxylated cannabinoids as a result of the distillation processes used. 

FORMULATION – Some clients desire a crude oil extraction without additional refinement, but also need the THC at compliant levels to be sold as a raw hemp product. In this process, we mix our CBD oil with any carrier oil supplied by the customer to reduce the naturally occurring and concentrated THC levels in the crude oil extraction to compliant levels .