Minimize Waste.
Maximize Results.
vTerra cuts out the time and energy required to digest CBD through a process called nano-encapsulation, creating water-soluble molecules that are tiny enough to pass right through the intestinal cell wall and enter directly into the bloodstream.
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Conventional CBD’s
Bioavailability Problem
You may have previously tried CBD and not felt the expected results. Conventional oil-based CBD products take over three hours to digest (1), and upwards of 94% (2) is lost as waste (3).
In simple terms, this is because our bodies are 60% water—and oil and water don’t mix well. The oil needs to be digested in the small intestine and filtered through the liver before being distributed through the bloodstream to the receptors in the Endocannabinoid System. As the small intestine slowly breaks down the relatively large, oily cannabinoid molecules into tiny fractions of their size, much of that ingested dose is rejected by your body, losing over 65% of its potency (4).
What remains of the active dose passes through the wall of your small intestine and into the bloodstream. From there, the liver conducts what is called first pass metabolism, taking any of the conventional CBD molecules that it can capture and filtering to waste. Since oil-based CBD takes so long to digest, and the liver is fed a slow trickle of incoming CBD, it’s able to reject quite a bit more of that dose. It literally gets flushed down the toilet.
By this point, your body is left with only about 4% to 10% of the original dose you ingested (5)—and that is why you often do not feel results from conventional oil-based CBD. It’s an inefficient and expensive product.
The Nano-Encapsulation Solution
Fast-absorbing and highly potent, vTerra’s CBD formulations employ the pharmaceutical industry’s widely-used method of nano-encapsulation to transform oil-based CBD molecules into nanoparticles that are less than a millionth their original size. These nanoparticles are then encapsulated in special plant-based carrier oils and surfactants to make them water-soluble.
The result: a Nano CBD dose with ten times greater absorption (6) than conventional oil-based CBD, and noticeable effects within 15 minutes. No waiting, and no need to build-up over weeks of consumption.
vTerra does the work of preparing the CBD for optimal absorption, sparing your body the effort of a long digestion and absorption process, so you can make the most of each dose—saving you money, and gaining you more feel-good time.
Lab Tested for Purity & Potency
All vTerra products are guaranteed to contain the labeled potency and ingredients, and each batch is tested by an ISO 17025 accredited food and nutraceutical laboratory to certify product content and quality. Be assured that our products are under the 0.3% THC limit and don’t contain any heavy metals, pesticides, micro-toxins or contaminants.
You can find the COA (Certificate of Analysis) on each product page in our Shop.
Nano Economics
With so many CBD options on the market, we recognize how overwhelming and confusing it can be to choose a brand to trust. Your search ends here. The table below is a cost comparison of the top 25 Google search results for CBD products (concentrated oil drops), as compared to our water-soluble NanoExtract.
We measure the value of a CBD product by how much of each dose actually makes it to the endocannabinoid system, and define quality in our commitment to premium ingredients and recipes that deliver both therapeutic and nutritional benefits. Our formulations offer the best of both—and we did the math to prove it.
Simply put: the waste cost from a dose of oil-based CBD is more than the entire cost for a dose of vTerra’s Nano CBD.
An average 20mg dose of oil-based CBD costs about $1.70—whereas a dose of vTerra Nano CBD costs only $1.10. Considering the very low absorption rate of oil-based CBD (about 7%), a whopping $1.58 worth of that original $1.70 dose is lost as waste.
So, how do we maintain such fair pricing? First, we believe honesty and transparency are priceless. The CBD hemp market is still relatively young, and has experienced huge price swings. Until recently, the cost for a kilogram of CBD concentrate was over $3,000, but as the industry has matured, that price has dropped to around $600 per kilogram. Most retail CBD companies have never lowered their prices from the time when CBD was so expensive.
Second, we cut out the middleman by growing, processing, formulating and bottling our products on our vertically integrated farm in Vermont. Our commitment to simple ingredients, good science and high standards results in honest pricing and unmatched value.
Understanding the ECS
In order to feel your best, your body’s many systems need to be in balance. In 1990, the Endocannabinoid System (ECS) was identified: a neural network with thousands of receptor sites that help to maintain a state of homeostasis in the body, ranging from appetite and metabolism to mood and stress.
Our bodies naturally produce endocannabinoids which bind with these receptors and activate powerful regulatory enzymes and hormones. These bio-regulators help reestablish and maintain a healthy metabolic homeostasis.
Cannabidiol (CBD) is one of over 100 phytocannabinoids (“phyto” meaning “from plants”) found within the plant Cannabis Sativa, more commonly known as hemp, which mimic the effects of the body’s own endocannabinoids. vTerra’s nano-encapsulated hemp extract contains a synergistic blend of all the non-psychoactive phytocannabinoids that support an efficient ECS in its mission to maintain physiologic balance.
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