A new technology is allowing one company to produce full-spectrum cannabis without growing the plant itself. Sounds like something out of a science fiction movie, but it’s very real. In what could be a global first, this week, a publicly traded Canadian-Israeli biotech firm company, BioHarvest Sciences, will announce that it has managed to produce at least 10kg of full-spectrum cannabis without the plant itself. According to information procured exclusively, the biomass in question was created using the company’s proprietary BioFarming technology platform, which allows it to grow natural plant cells in bioreactors. In addition, management assures, the product is not genetically modified, and is “uniquely consistent and clean.” This could provide an interesting solution to two of the cannabis industry’s main pain points: product variability and contamination – the aseptic, controlled environment means the product isn’t affected by fungi, yeast, mold or any other contaminants or pesticides.“The legal cannabis industry has been waiting for this moment as many of the challenges it has faced are being resolved using BioHarvest’s technology and capabilities,” said BioHarvest CEO Ilan Sobel. “With this milestone, we are ready to engage with the vibrant global Cannabis industry for the right partnerships ahead of the introduction of our new Cannabis products.”How Real Is This Unreal Weed? Purists will argue cannabis grown in a bioreactor is not real cannabis. And this may be the case. However, BioHarvest’s biomass is in fact a full-spectrum product, meaning it features most of (if not all) the chemical compounds found in traditional cannabis. The biomass is made of cannabis cells, including trichome cells containing cannabinoids such as CBD and THC, as well as other compounds that are naturally occurring in the cannabis plant. In addition, Sobel explained, these trichome cells “are amalgamated in a proprietary high density coral-shaped structure that enables a trichome density (number of trichomes per unit surface) of up to 200 times greater than the conventional agriculture case.”Beyond being cool, this breakthrough could have a very positive impact on sustainability by driving increased land conservation. In fact, BioHarvest already applies this process to the production of red grapes, olives and pomegranates. The facilities occupy about 95% less physical space than traditional farming.“For its therapeutic qualities, hemp based CBD holds a significant potential for the F&B industry to which we have been supplying ingredients for over 40 years,” said Vince Pinneri, president of Batory Foods, an ingredient distributor for the U. S. food industry that has teamed up with BioHarvest to guarantee the food and beverage industry “the highest quality CBD with fingerprint consistency and ultimate cleanliness that their BioFarming technology can produce.
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Article Link: https://www.forbes.com/sites/javierhasse/2021/12/08/producing-cannabis-biomass-without-growing-a-cannabis-plant-how-one-company-is-doing-it/
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