What is hydrocarbon extraction and what cannabis products come from it? - Cannabis News

With the extract market burgeoning, there’s an increased focus on how those products are produced.

Solvent extraction methods have advanced quickly over the past few years, with popular solvents including ethanol, CO2, and hydrocarbons -- organic compounds containing only hydrogen and carbon atoms -- which in cannabis are usually butane and propane.

If you’ve used vape oil, edibles, or any number of products that incorporate extracts, you could well have been sampling the fruit of hydrocarbon extraction. 

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Aimee O'Driscoll ~ Leafly.com ~