The new report; ‘CBD in The U.K.’ by the London-Based Centre For Medicinal Cannabis (CMC), also says one High Street pharmacy product had zero cannabinoid contenting and was retailing at £90 (U.S. $110) for 300ml.
The tests, undertaken by U.K. laboratory PhytoVista, found that one product had 3.8% ethanol and would qualify as an alcoholic beverage (over 3.4%).
The tests for levels of CBD found that 11 out of 29 (38%) of the products were within 10% of the advertised CBD content, and 11 out of 29 products actually had less than 50% of the advertised CBD content.
Dr Andrew Yates, CMC Pharmacy Lead, said ‘U.K. consumers are being let down’.
“Despite its importance and therapeutic potential, and the scale of the British consumer’s appetite for cannabidiol, this report shows that we are some distance from the type of CBD sector that we need.
“The UK’s legislation is ambiguous, out-dated and fragmented, quality is not defined, product composition is not guaranteed, and poor marketing practices are all too common.”
The report also highlighted the rapid growth of the CBD sector in the U.K which it estimates will be worth almost £1 billion a year by 2025, equivalent in size to the current entire U.K. herbal supplement market.
It found the U.K. CBD market is between three to six times larger than previous estimates. The CMC research estimates that 1.3 million consumers are spending over £300 million a year on CBD products.
It also found that around six million adults have used CBD in the UK, that 11% of the population had consumed a CBD product in the last year.
It found that usage rates for women at 13% were higher than for men at 9%, while usage rates were higher amongst the under 55s, ranging from 15% of 25-34 year olds, to 7% of 55-64 year olds and 8% of those aged 65 and over.
However, U.K. cannabis industry veteran Peter Reynolds, founder of CLEAR and CannaPro, which represents some 70 businesses operating in the CBD sector, remains sceptical of the findings.
He told CBD Testers: “This report is utterly misleading and should be viewed as a major misinformation exercise.
“All of our members are serious businesses engaged in delivering fully compliant and fully-regulated products. This is no more than a mischievous effort to discredit the industry.”
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