Reading a quality report in eight checkpoints.
Quality & science
A certificate of analysis looks intimidating: columns, abbreviations, figures after the decimal point. Yet you only need eight things to judge whether a document like this says anything about the jar in your hand. These eight work for any brand, not just ours.
1. Product and batch identity
First check that the report is about your product: the product name and the batch number must match the pack. Without that link, a report is only an example.
2. Date and validity
Check when the test was carried out. A report from years ago says little about a freshly produced batch; every new batch should have its own recent report.
3. The laboratory
A credible report comes from an external, independent laboratory, with its name and contact details on the document. A test by the producer itself is not an independent check.
4. The CBD result
Compare the measured amount of CBD with what the label promises. Small differences are normal for a natural product; large ones are a reason to ask questions.
5. The THC result
Check the measured THC content. Watch the wording: a number, "not detected" or "below the detection limit" mean different things; the THC-free page explains the difference.
6. The detection limit (LOD and LOQ)
LOD is the smallest amount the lab can observe, LOQ the smallest amount it can reliably quantify. So "not detected" means less than the LOD, not necessarily exactly zero. A good report states both limits.
7. Contaminant tests
Check whether the batch was also tested for contaminants, such as heavy metals, pesticides or residual solvents. A report that only measures cannabinoids tells only half the story.
8. Signature or release
A finished report is signed or formally released by the laboratory. That makes the document traceable to someone who is responsible for it.
How our own reports score on these eight points
Writing a reading guide and not holding your own documents up to it would be a little too convenient. So: of the ten reports published now, four points fall short.
- Point 2, date. The oils have reports from 2024 and 2025, but the capsules and the massage oil have analysis dates from 2020 and 2021.
- Point 3, the laboratory. Two reports have no usable lab name; for one of them, the name turned out to be a fragment of the document's running text.
- Point 6, the detection limit. Exactly one report states it: the one for the 3% oil, where Eurofins sets the limit at 0.0025%. The other nine only report that THC was not detected.
- Point 7, contaminants. None of the reports test for heavy metals, pesticides or residual solvents. They measure cannabinoids, which by this list is half the story.
Points 1, 4, 5 and 8 are in order: the reports can be linked to a batch number, the CBD result is in them, so is the THC result, and the documents are finished.
We don't write this to pat ourselves on the back for honesty, but because otherwise you'd get a checklist you could only use against other brands. These points are on our own list to fix.
Try it yourself
Open the batch finder, pick a report and go through the eight points. The wider framework is in the quality overview.
Ready to check for yourself?
Grab the pack, look up the batch number in the batch finder and go through the eight points.