Buying CBD products online has become extremely popular. While there are many options with premium products, retailers are also looking to take advantage of uneducated or first-time CBD users.
This post discusses the most important aspect of shopping online for CBD. While there is much more to learn about CBD, knowing the difference between hemp oil and CBD oil will help you find a legitimate retailer.
Cannabidiol vs. Hemp Oil
CBD (Cannabidiol) is a cannabinoid that is derived from hemp. The diverse plant contains over 100 compounds, each with different properties and benefits.
Shady retailers will take advantage of customers that aren’t educated on hemp and compounds by misleading people who are shopping for CBD oil into buying hemp oil. The scam works because CBD comes from hemp, and if you don’t know the difference, it can be confusing. In addition, hemp oil is extremely cheap and can seem like the prospective customer is finding a great deal.
Hemp oil and product are derived from hemp, but instead of using the cannabinoid-rich flowers in the extraction process, manufacturers make hemp oil from the seeds.
Do hemp seeds have CBD?
Hemp seeds have zero or minuscule traces of cannabinoids; CBD is non-existent in hemp seeds or hemp seed oil. Therefore, cold-pressing hemp seeds to make oil is cheaper than producing high-quality hemp flowers. In addition, the extraction process is complex and very expensive.
Hemp oil or hemp seed oil costs only a few dollars for a gallon, making it exponentially less expensive than premium CBD oil. Unreputable online retailers will present hemp oil with the same packaging and text as CBD oil, hoping people will make a purchase thinking the product contains CBD.
Beware of hemp seed oil online
The most common scam in the CBD industry is retailers selling hemp seed oil as CBD oil, and the most common place it is done is on Amazon. Third-party sellers can sell hemp oil on the marketplace while all cannabinoid products are banned.
Hemp oil is sold in the same 30ml tinctures as CBD oil with the intent to mislead Amazon shoppers.
While hemp seed oil provides multiple health benefits and is an incredible product, it isn’t CBD oil and costs far less. Hemp oil is a great product and is commonly used as a carrier for CBD extract; however, selling it to mislead CBD users is unethical.
FAQs about CBD oil and hemp oil
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Is hemp oil the same as CBD oil
Hemp oil is derived from hemp seeds, and CBD oil is extracted from cannabinoids and terpene-rich flowers.
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Difference between hemp and cannabidiol
While CBD or Cannabidiol is derived from hemp, it is only one of the dozens of compounds produced naturally in the resin glands of the plant’s flowers.
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Are hemp and CBD oils the same?
Hemp is the source of CBD but should not be used interchangeably. Full-spectrum CBD is a product of hemp but contains various compounds, including THC, CBD, other cannabinoids, and terpenes.
Conclusion
We completely understand that the difference between CBD and hemp oil is highly confusing. Both are derived from hemp, and sketchy retailers don’t make the distinction between the two.
CBD and hemp oil have a separate array of benefits. While hemp oil is packed with protein, nutrients, and minerals, it doesn’t have the same health benefits associated with CBD, but that doesn’t stop sellers from referencing CBD’s properties in their marketing.
