LIVE RESIN CARTS

ABOUT LIVE RESIN CARTS

 

Live resin carts are heralded in this industry for their superior flavors and taste.

What Is Live Resin?

Live resin is a concentrate extracted from live smokable hemp plants that have been flash-frozen at peak maturity, as opposed to traditional methods which use cured buds. This process ensures perfectly preserved cannabinoid and terpene profiles.

HOW DO I KNOW I’M GETTING “AUTHENTIC LIVE RESIN” IN MY CARTRIDGE?

 

99% of companies selling ‘live resin’ products containing CBD, Delta 8, and Delta 9 sell ‘live terpenes’ rather than authentic live resin.

Terpenes are only a fraction of live resin, and it’s disingenuous to market a terpene-infused product as a Live resin-infused product. Many vendors intentionally or unintentionally mislabel live terpenes as live resin.

The authentic live resin contains terpenes, flavinoids, ketones, oleo resins, and all the plant’s other compounds, making it a rich, thick, deep extract.

Terpenes, clear liquids like water, have less phytochemical content than resins and are only a fraction of the spectrum. Think of live resin as fresh squeezed orange juice-rich in pulp and terpenes as orange essential oils/flavoring – with only the essence of the profile but nobody.

This is the best way to get the most benefit from your product, whether you’re wellness-conscious, potent-conscious, or simply looking for the best result. Terpenes are not the only compounds found in live resin.

A product’s COA indicates whether it contains live terpenes or live resin based on the number of acidic cannabinoids, specifically CBDa.

Third Party Lab Testing

The most important item on your list, when shopping for live resin vape carts, should be to locate the brand’s third party lab test results. If these aren’t readily available on their website, I would immediately take my business elsewhere.

The lab reports will verify the cannabinoid content of the product in question, so you know exactly what you’re getting. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve come across companies that

Claim to be third-party lab tested but the reports are nowhere to be seen, or,
Have a much lower cannabinoid potency than advertised
Some companies will go a step further by testing their products for potency and purity.

Not only do these tests allow you to verify that the potency is in line with your expectations, but you can also confirm that the cartridge is free from any harmful contaminants, including pesticides, heavy metals, and other foreign matter.

When it comes to live resin carts, it’s important to pay extra attention to the residual solvents testing as the live resin extraction process does involve the use of solvents.