Green Gold Holistics CBD oil coconut or hemp carrier

Coconut or hemp? Choosing a carrier oil and reading your CBD label

Most CBD brands decide your carrier oil for you. We don't. When you order a Green Gold oil, you choose what your CBD is blended into, and then you choose your strength. This week's Oil Talk covers both, plus how to get the best out of the dropper, because between them they're the questions I'm asked most often.

What is a carrier oil?

A full plant CBD extract is thick and rich, almost like honey. To make it easy to measure out drop by drop, it's blended into a carrier oil, which makes up most of what's in the bottle. The carrier doesn't change the CBD extract. It's the base the extract sits in, and it's what you taste first.

We offer two, both organic, and both chosen for quality.

Organic coconut (MCT) oil

MCT stands for medium-chain triglycerides, a type of fat found in coconut oil. MCT oil is the part of coconut oil that stays liquid at room temperature.

  • Taste: clean and mild, almost neutral [TBC with Andy: his own description]
  • Texture: light and smooth
  • Who loves it: anyone who wants the oil to slip into their day without much flavour at all

Organic hemp seed oil

Hemp seed oil is cold-pressed from the seeds of the hemp plant, and it's a beautiful culinary oil in its own right.

  • Taste: nutty, grassy and a little "green" [TBC with Andy: his own description]
  • Texture: slightly richer than MCT
  • Who loves it: people who like the idea of everything coming from the one plant, and enjoy an earthier taste

So which should you choose?

It comes down to taste. The organic full plant extract, the strength and the quality are identical whichever you choose. If you can't decide, pick up a 10ml bottle of each and find your favourite. Team Coconut and Team Hemp are neck and neck on our stall, so come and tell us which side you're on.

Choosing your strength

Choosing a strength is based on what the customer would be hoping for from the oil. A good starting point is 3–10mg, but this can be raised if needed. For optimum benefit, take oils sublingually. Each product label shows the total CBD content and the mg per drop, and the same information is on each product page on the website for clarity and ease of use. For any advice on usage, you can ask anything on our contact form.

Our oils come in two bottle sizes and a range of labelled strengths:

Oil Bottle Strength (as labelled) Per ml
Full Spectrum 10ml 500mg / 1000mg 50mg / 100mg
Full Spectrum 25ml 1000mg / 1500mg / 2000mg 40mg / 60mg / 80mg
Premium Hybrid 10ml 400mg / 800mg 40mg / 80mg
Premium Hybrid 25ml 500mg / 1000mg / 2000mg 20mg / 40mg / 80mg

The 10ml bottles are a great way to get to know our oils. The 25ml bottles are better value for regulars and come in our higher strengths.

Getting the best from your dropper

A good oil deserves a good routine. Here's how I use mine:

  1. Give it a gentle shake. The lecithin keeps everything blended, but a quick shake makes sure every drop is consistent.
  2. Squeeze and release the bulb to draw the oil up into the pipette.
  3. Let the drops fall one at a time. Hold the dropper upright and squeeze gently so you can count them.
  4. Take it sublingually. For optimum benefit, take oils sublingually: place the drops under the tongue and hold them for a moment before swallowing.
  5. Wipe the tip and close the lid tightly.

Keep it at its best

Store your oil somewhere cool and dark, away from direct sunlight, with the lid on. Our amber glass bottles protect the oil from light, but a cupboard is better than a sunny windowsill.

Watch it in action

See Oil Talk #3 for the coconut vs hemp taste test, and Oil Talk #4, where I talk through choosing your strength. Then choose yours:

> Ask Andy > Coconut or hemp? Tell me which you prefer and why in the comments on Oil Talk #3 (@[REDACTED] on Instagram, [REDACTED] on Facebook). Got a question about usage or strengths? You can ask anything on our contact form.

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Andy, Green Gold Holistics. Organic, full plant extract and independently tested, made in East London.

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