Lesson 1.2.3

Undesirables: Fats, Waxes, Lipids, and Chlorophyll

Estimated time: 45 minutes

Learning Objectives

  • Know what plant waxes, lipids, fats, and chlorophyll are and why they co-extract with cannabinoids
  • Understand why undesirables degrade product quality (appearance, taste, vapor quality, shelf stability)
  • Know which extraction methods and conditions pull more or fewer undesirables
  • Understand that removing undesirables after extraction (post-processing) is a cost and time tradeoff against preventing their extraction in the first place

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