Hey guys, OK I have been in involved in a new start up company here in Europe and have been deemed as the head of production with our family business. I was wondering if anyone could provide some useful information to me or tools that I can use before we get up in running in a couple of months. Here is where we are at and my knowledge thus far:
We have purchased an 800k ETOH extraction machine from Root Sciences. We have a short path wiped film distiller (From China). This is it! No Lab, No rotary Evaps, etc. My investors would like me to figure out the path we need to take in order to produce tinctures, edibles, cosmetics and eventually become a white label producer here in Europe. Everyone thinks we can just sell the crude oil that comes from the machine because it is decarbed and already winterized. I beg to differ since I have been reading and watching videos (webinars, distillation, etc.) on further processing before the crude is even edible or sellable. I would think we would need to remove the THC as well using chromotagraphy (Interchim equipment) but then we would be re-introducing ethanol back into the product to then rotavap the ethonal back out.
Am I missing anything here or does anyone have a process workflow so I can show my investors what needs to be done to produce the final product. By the way, they have a rep coming next week to discuss 4 different chromatography machines (over 200K!) I just don’t want to see them put the cart before the horse here. Thanks everyone!
