
Unrefined hemp extracts retain all of the lipids, terpenes and waxes found in the plant. Isolate extracts take it a step further and refine the original extract to 99%+ purity and do not have the other compounds present in unrefined extracts. Because we only use Isolate extracts our products do not have a “green” taste, look, or smell.
Some companies produce unrefined extracts because they believe there is an “entourage effect” where the other compounds increase the effectiveness of the hemp. This is largely based on a single study and has a very limited sample size. Most of the compounds found in an unrefined extract (like chlorophyl and lipids) are found elsewhere in common plants and are very scarce by comparison totaling in at less than a fraction of 1% each.