CV Sciences launched a hemp-derived cannabidiol (CBD) gummy product from its PlusCBD Oil brand at Natural Product Expo East 2018. Like most gummy products on the market currently, this product is positioned for an adult audience, which is particularly important because it is a phytocannabinoid product.
“We wanted to be very clear that we are not marketing this product or any of our products to children,” Stuart Tomc, vice president of human nutrition for CV Sciences (San Diego, CA), creator of the PlusCBD brand, told Nutritional Outlook. “It really does look like it’s a line extension of our PlusCBD Oil Gold products, so that was a big decision.”
The gummy product has 5 mg of CBD per gummy and a sugar content of 1.5 g per gummy. It comes in two flavors: Cherry Mango and Citrus Punch. Prior to releasing the gummy, CV Sciences established self-affirmed GRAS status for PlusCBD's Gold Formula, the company announced in June. The company says this is the industry’s first GRAS self-affirmation for a hemp extract.
Tomc explained that the company insisted on securing the GRAS designation before it released the gummy. “We waited this long to come out with a gummy because we didn’t have evidentiary support of [its safety], especially if people are going to be using it more as a food,” he said. “I don’t think that not having GRAS would prevent someone from making a gummy; we felt like it was critical for us to wait, to be able to have that before we brought the gummy out.”
In terms of notable challenges formulating CBD into a gummy, typical hurdles included taste—especially when working with a full-spectrum product like PlusCBD, which utilizes the whole hemp plant and therefore inevitably has the notable flavor and odor of hemp. “Because we use the seed, the stem, and the stalk, we do get this noted taste we believe is coming from the hemp seeds and the shells themselves and even the waxes and longer-chain saturated fats that are in the stem and stock,” explains Tomc. [color=red]By using its Gold line of hemp-derived CBD, however, CV Sciences started with the most distilled and concentrated version of its product, compared to its Red and Green lines, which are rawer.
In order to make an appetizing gummy, PlusCBD turned to Foodarom (Saint-Hubert, QC, Canada) to optimize the flavor and Danisco (Copenhagen, Denmark), a subsidiary of DuPont, to achieve the natural colors.
“We had to really work for months and months, going back and forth to perfect the formula, to make sure we had enough [CBD] in there. We also wanted to work with really good partners with some of the raw material,” said Tomc. [/color]“We didn’t want something that tasted like candy because we didn’t want the product to be misunderstood [as a children’s product]. We also didn’t want something that tasted like the pure form of Gold extract. I think we’ve hit the perfect balance between something that is effective and something that is a more exciting delivery system.”
PlusCBD’s efforts to launch a gummy product are more than just jumping onto a trend. It’s a push toward changing the optics of CBD as a supplement ingredient only and making it more accessible and accepted in food.
“We believe hemp-derived CBD has equally as big a future in the functional food category as it does in the dietary supplement category, and we see how these functional foods have blurred the lines in every single way between the food and nutrition and dietary supplements. We see CBD as the perfect adjunct or hero ingredient to be included in a litany of food products,” said Tomc.
The expansion includes broadening distribution of its best-selling topical, PlusCBD Oil™ Extra Strength Balm, into the Food, Drug and Mass (FDM) channel, including programs with leading national retailers.
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Subsidiaries
Worldwide subsidiary and affiliate companies.
Company Name
Organized Under the Laws
Of U.S. State/Country
Agar Cross S.A.
Argentina
Antec International Ltd.
United Kingdom
Building Media, Inc.
Delaware
ChemFirst Inc.
Mississippi
Christiana Insurance Limited
Bermuda
Destination Realty, Inc.
Delaware
DPC (Luxembourg) SARL
Luxembourg
DPC S/A Brazil
Brazil
DPC South America
Brazil
DSRB Ltda
Brazil
DuPont — Kansai Automotive Coatings Company
Delaware
DuPont (Australia) Ltd.
Australia
DuPont (Korea) Inc.
Korea
DuPont (New Zealand) Limited
New Zealand
DuPont (South America), Holdings LLC
Delaware
DuPont (Thailand) Co. Ltd.
Thailand
DuPont (U.K.) Investments
United Kingdom
DuPont (U.K.) Limited
United Kingdom
DuPont Agricultural Caribe Industries, Ltd.
Bermuda
DuPont Agricultural Chemicals Ltd., Shanghai
China
DuPont Agro Hellas S.A.
Greece
DuPont Argentina S.A.
Argentina
DuPont Asia Pacific, Ltd.
Delaware
DuPont Beteiligungs GmbH
Austria
DuPont BVco BV
Netherlands
DuPont Capital Management Corporation
Delaware
DuPont Chemical and Energy Operations, Inc.
Delaware
DuPont China Holding Company Ltd.
China
DuPont China Limited
Hong Kong
DuPont China Limited (U.S.)
Delaware
DuPont Coatings SAS
France
DuPont Company (Singapore) Pte Ltd.
Singapore
DuPont Conid S.p.A.
Delaware
DuPont Coordination Center N.V.
Belgium
DuPont CZ s.r.o.
Czech Republic
DuPont DACI Beteiligungs GmbH
Austria
DuPont Danmark ApS
Denmark
DuPont de Colombia, S.A.
Colombia
DuPont de Nemours (Belgium) BVBA
Belgium
DuPont de Nemours (Deutschland) GmbH
Germany
DuPont de Nemours (Flandre) S.A.
France
DuPont de Nemours (France) S.A.S.
France
DuPont de Nemours (Luxembourg) SARL
Luxembourg
DuPont de Nemours (Nederland) B.V.
Netherlands
DuPont de Nemours Development S.A.
Switzerland
DuPont de Nemours Groupe S.A.R.L.
France
DuPont de Nemours International S.A.
Switzerland
DuPont de Nemours International S.A. - S. Africa Branch
South Africa
DuPont de Nemours Italiana S.r.l
Italy
DuPont Deutschland Holding GmbH & Co. KG
Germany
DuPont Diagnostics, Inc.
Delaware
DuPont Displays, Inc.
California
DuPont do Brasil S.A.
Brazil
DuPont Performance Elastomers L.L.C.
Delaware
DuPont Eastern Europe BV
Netherlands
DuPont Elastomers Inc.
Delaware
DuPont Electronic Materials, Inc.
Delaware
DuPont Electronics Microcircuits Industries, Ltd.
Bermuda
DuPont Energy Company, LLC
Delaware
DuPont Engineering Products, S.A.R.L.
Luxembourg
DuPont Environmental Remediation Services, Inc.
Delaware
DuPont Far East, Inc.
Delaware
Dupont Far Eastern Petrochemicals Ltd.
China
DuPont Feedstocks Company
Delaware
DuPont Flandre Finance
France
DuPont Foreign Sales Corporation
Virgin Islands
DuPont Global Operations, Inc.
Delaware
DuPont Herberts Automotive Systems Services BVBA
Belgium
DuPont Holdco Spain I, S.L.
Spain
DuPont Holdco Spain II, S.L.
Spain
DuPont Holographics, Inc.
New York
DuPont Iberica, S.L.
Spain
DuPont India Ltd.
Delaware
DuPont International (Luxembourg) SCA.
Luxembourg
DuPont International Trading, Inc.
Delaware
DuPont Kabushiki Kaisha
Japan
DuPont KGA B.V.
Netherlands
DuPont Khimprom
Russia
DuPont Medical Products, Inc.
New York
DuPont Mexico S.A. de C.V.
Mexico
DuPont North America, Inc.
Delaware
DuPont NLco B.V.
The Netherlands
DuPont Operations (Luxembourg) SARL
Luxembourg
DuPont Operations Inc.
Delaware
DuPont Operations Worldwide, Inc.
Delaware
DuPont Orient Operations Ltd.
Delaware
DuPont Performance Coatings France SAS
France
DuPont Performance Coating Nederland BV
Netherlands
DuPont Performance Coatings (Thailand) Ltd.
Thailand
DuPont Performance Coatings (U.K.) Ltd.
United Kingdom
DuPont Performance Coatings Austria GmbH
Austria
DuPont Performance Coatings GmbH & Co KG
Germany
DuPont Performance Coatings Iberica, S.L.
Spain
DuPont Performance Coatings Polska Spolka z.o.o.
Poland
DuPont Performance Coatings Pty. Ltd.
Australia
DuPont Performance Coatings Scandinavia AB
Sweden
DuPont Performance Coatings, Inc.
Delaware
DuPont Performance Coatings, Tintas e Vernizes, S.A.
Portugal
DuPont Pharma, Inc.
Delaware
DuPont Poland BV
Netherlands
DuPont Poland Sp z.o.o
Poland
DuPont Polimeros Ltda
Brazil
DuPont Polyester Europe Aps
Denmark
DuPont Polymer Powder SARL
Switzerland
DuPont Powder Coatings (Malaysia) Sdb.
Malaysia
DuPont Powder Coatings Andina S.A.
Colombia
DuPont Powder Coating Belgium N.V.
Belgium
DuPont Powder Coatings France SAS
France
DuPont Powder Coatings Iberica, S.L.
Spain
DuPont Powder Coatings Saudia Co. Ltd.
Saudi Arabia
DuPont Powder Coatings Scandinavia AB
Sweden
DuPont Powder Coatings U.K. Ltd.
United Kingdom
DuPont Powder Coatings USA, Inc.
Delaware
DuPont Protective Apparel Marketing Company
Delaware
DuPont Pulverlack Deutschland GmbH & Co., KG
Germany
DuPont Quimica de Venezuela C.A.
Venezuela
DuPont S.A. de C.V.
Mexico
DuPont Scandinavia GmbH
Germany
DuPont Services B.V.
Netherlands
DuPont Specialty Grains (d.b.a. Optimum Quality Grains, LLC)
Delaware
DuPont Taiwan Ltd.
Taiwan
DuPont Textile Fibers, S.A
China
DuPont Textiles & Interiors (South America) Holdings, LLC
Delaware
DuPont Textiles & Interiors Delaware, Inc.
Delaware
DuPont Textiles & Interiors Holdings, Inc.
Delaware
DuPont Trading (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
China
DuPont Treasury Ltd.
United Kingdom
DuPont Vespel Parts and Shapes, Inc.
Pennsylvania
DuPont Wirex Ltd.
Taiwan
E.I. du Pont Canada Company
Canada
E. I. DuPont India Private Ltd.
India
EID Singapore, Inc.
Delaware
Electronic Materials DuPont Dongguan Ltd .
China
Entek Corporation
Delaware
Entek Europe, Inc.
Delaware
Granirex
California
Griffin Brasil Ltda.
Brazil
Griffin Colombia S.A.
Colombia
Griffin, LLC
Delaware
Helmstedter Lack-und Chemische Fabrick GmbH & Co. KG
Germany
Herberts America Inc.
Delaware
Herberts Mexico S.A. de C.V.
Mexico
Herberts Plascon Pty. Ltd.
Delaware
Hickory Holdings, Inc.
Delaware
Holding DP, S.A. de C.V.
Mexico
Huajia Chemical Company
China
IDAC Belgium – EP Branch BVBA
Belgium
Initiatives de Mexico, S.A. de C.V.
Mexico
International Dioxcide, Inc.
Delaware
Liqui-Box Corporation
Ohio
Permatex Italia S.r.l.
Italy
Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc.
Iowa
Pitt-Consol Chemical Company
New Jersey
Polar Vision
California
PT DuPont AgriculturalProducts Indonesia
Indonesia
PT DuPont Powder Coatings Indonesia
Indonesia
Renner DuPont S.A.
Brazil
Sentinel Transportation, LLC
Delaware
Solae Holdings LLC
Delaware
Solae LLC (d.b.a. The Solae Company)
Missouri
Spies-Hecker, GmbH
Switzerland
Sporting Goods Properties Inc.
Delaware
Teodur B.V.
Netherlands
UNIAX Corporation
California
Verdia, Inc.
Delaware
Verniplast S.A,
Switzerland
Subsidiaries not listed would not, if considered in the aggregate as a single subsidiary, constitute a significant subsidiary.
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