Forbes Health tested 115 CBD products. These were the brands that had issues.
I saw Forbes Health published an independent lab-testing investigation into CBD products, and it’s worth reading if you use CBD regularly.
They tested 115 retail CBD products through Nova Analytic Labs, including oils, gummies and topicals.
Most samples were fine. That part matters.
But a handful were reported as failed or flagged for things I don’t think most casual CBD buyers are checking for when they see “third-party lab tested.”
The products they called out:
- Redeem Therapeutics Broad Spectrum CBD Tincture: failed for pesticides detected above the lab limit.
- Redeem Therapeutics Broad Spectrum CBD Gummy: failed for inconsistent CBD per gummy.
- R&R Multifunctional THC-Free CBD Gummies: CBD per gummy varied by more than the lab’s consistency threshold.
- R&R Multifunctional CBD Tincture: failed for lead detected above the lab limit in the original sample.
- American Shaman Water Soluble CBD, Hemp Oil (THC Free): failed for yeast/mold above the lab limit.
- Medterra Pain Relief Cream: flagged for trace lead found.
I’m not reading this as “all CBD is dangerous” or “never buy from these brands.”
But it did make me rethink the phrase “lab tested.”
A lot of people seem to look only at CBD potency and whether THC is under 0.3%. That is useful, but it does not tell you much about pesticides, heavy metals, yeast/mold, microbials, mycotoxins or residual solvents.
To me, the takeaway is:
A potency-only COA is not enough. Curious how people here read COAs.
What’s your minimum standard before trusting a CBD product?