Alyse Thompson-Richards

Brand owners and manufacturers put considerable effort into the development of their cannabis-infused food and beverage products, but without proper packaging, their planning, production, and investment could go to waste.

To make it easier to get its taffies out of the packaging, Cheeba Chews developed a proprietary “swabbing station” that coats each blister with a food-grade glazing agent.

Beta Analytic, which provides bio-based content testing for a variety of industries, suggests a new possibility for hemp and CBD manufacturers. They could turn to carbon-14 analysis to authenticate the “naturalness” of their products.

As this segment grows, cannabis-infused beverage manufacturers will need filling equipment that will meet their needs for efficiency, speed and safety.

Developing successful mixing processes for cannabis-infused food and beverage manufacturing relies on several factors. Moreover, manufacturers of mixing equipment note one process in particular is especially important to consider: shear.

New research, published in the “Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry,” suggests a product’s matrix can impact a lab’s ability to precisely test for cannabinoid content.