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Notes from the garden

Notes from the lab — cannabinoid formulation, chocolate science, and how legal edibles are made and regulated in Canada.

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Why chocolate is a delivery system, not just a confection

Cocoa butter is one of the most useful carriers available for a cannabinoid. Here is the chemistry behind that, and why it makes chocolate a demanding medium to formulate in.

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The engineering behind a one-milligram dose

Low-dose products are harder to manufacture than high-dose ones, not easier. Why precision gets more difficult as the number gets smaller, and what that demands of a production process.

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Cocoa butter cannabinoid extracts, explained

The extract is where our formulation work starts. What a cocoa butter cannabinoid extract is, why we build one rather than buying a finished distillate and stirring it in, and what it solves.

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How edibles are different: format, timing and why precision matters

An edible is not an inhaled product in a different wrapper. The route through the body is different, and that difference is the entire argument for measured, low-dose formats.

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Reading a certificate of analysis for an edible product

The COA is the document behind every figure on a package. What it reports for an edible product, what each section is confirming, and how a retailer should read one.

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What a Health Canada licence requires of a processor

“Health Canada licensed” appears on a great deal of packaging and is rarely explained. What the licence actually authorises, and the obligations that come with holding one.

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Why legal cannabis packaging looks the way it does

Plain-packaging rules shape almost every visual decision on a legal cannabis package. What the rules require, and what building a brand inside them actually involves.

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What budtenders should know about low-dose chocolate formats

Written for the counter. What actually distinguishes our two formats, what the numbers on the package mean, and what can and cannot be said to a customer.

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How our product reaches an Ontario shelf

A licensed producer cannot sell recreational cannabis directly to the public. The actual path from a Thunder Bay facility to a shelf in an Ontario store, and what it means for how we communicate.

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