PharmaCielo Delivers First Commercial Shipment of THC-Free Broad-Spectrum Distillate
- Shipped to existing Customers with operations in the U.K. and the E.U.
- THC-free broad-spectrum distillate from a single cultivar is a superior core formulation for nutraceutical and cosmetic formulations.
- PharmaCielo is among the few global producers that deliver broad-spectrum formulations produced from specially selected, developed, and standardized cultivars to B2B customers consistently high quality and commercial scale.
TORONTO, Canada and RIONEGRO, Colombia (February 18, 2021) – PharmaCielo Ltd. (“PharmaCielo” or the “Company”) (TSXV: PCLO, OTCQX: PCLOF), the Canadian parent of Colombia’s premier cultivator and producer of medicinal-grade cannabis extracts, PharmaCielo Colombia Holdings S.A.S., is pleased to announce that it has exported its first commercial shipment of THC-free broad-spectrum distillate to an existing customer with operations in the U.K. and the E.U. (the “Customer”). Higher-grade, higher-value extract delivery succeeds earlier shipments of 1,000Kg of CBD isolate PharmaCielo exported to this Customer in Q4-2020. The broad-spectrum distillate shipment marks PharmaCielo’s inaugural delivery of a new product out of its extended product portfolio (announced in late 2020). It complements the company’s earlier exports’ CBD isolate to the U.K., the U.S., Switzerland, and other E.U. markets.
Henning von Koss, CEO of PharmaCielo, commented, “At PharmaCielo, we believe that the industry will continue evolving towards the use of superior Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients such as full- and broad-spectrum extracts in favor of isolates. We have invested significant research behind our various cultivars, and each has been chosen and developed for different uses in the industry as it evolves. In today’s market, it is common for producers to artificially compose the final product by combining CBD and other cannabinoid isolates until they reach the desired proportion and concentration. However, by extracting and processing THC-free broad-spectrum distillate from a single cultivar, we enable the inclusion of the full and consistent expression power of the plant, commonly referred to as the entourage effect, in a superior input product that is more suitable for the nutraceutical and cosmetic industries. By doing so, PharmaCielo is pushing the boundaries in setting a new standard for the global industry.”
The CBD isolate’s primary origin, which is widely used as the base product for various manufacturers’ formulations, is non-standardized hemp. PharmaCielo THC-free broad-spectrum distillate, together with our other full- and broad-spectrum formulations, offers the full attributes and benefits of a single cannabis cultivar specially chosen and developed for that purpose. Coupled with consistency across batches and longer shelf-life (ingredient stability), this single-cultivar formulation makes the Company’s products the preferred input ingredient to be used in applications and products such as capsules, topicals, food, and beverages, as well as tinctures in the health/wellness and cosmetics sectors.
Distribution of THC-free broad-spectrum products by the Company under its interim sales agreement with the Customer is subject to the TSX Venture Exchange (the “TSXV”).
About PharmaCielo
PharmaCielo Ltd. (TSXV: PCLO, OTCQX: PCLOF) is a global company headquartered in Canada, focusing on ethical and sustainable processing and supplying of all-natural, medicinal-grade cannabis oil extracts and related products to large channel distributors. PharmaCielo’s principal (and wholly-owned) subsidiary is PharmaCielo Colombia Holdings S.A.S., headquartered at its cultivation and processing center located in Rionegro, Colombia.
The board of directors and executive team of PharmaCielo are comprised of a diversely talented group of international business executives and specialists with relevant and varied expertise. PharmaCielo recognized the significant role that Colombia’s ideal location plays in building a sustainable business in the medical cannabis industry. Together with its directors and executives, the Company is executing a business plan focused on supplying the international marketplace.
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