Cannabis: from plant to the market

大麻：从植物到市场

• 批准号: 544301-2019
• 负责人: Boumghar, Yacine
• 金额: $ 29.14万
• 依托单位: Collège de Maisonneuve
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: College and Community Innovation Program
• 财政年份: 2021
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2021-01-01 至 2022-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=720862
• 关键词: Cannabis; plant; market

The legalization of cannabis in Canada since October 2018 opened an entirely new and interesting market for both recreational and medicinal purposes. Supercritical carbon dioxide extraction of cannabinoids could produce the highest purity extract. However, a comprehensive analysis to extract selectively the cannabinoids using SC-CO2 technology has not been yet conducted. Furthermore, development of cannabis-based products still faces several technical and production challenges. Public information on industrial Cannabis-based food products, usually called «edibles», and on natural health product are rare and inconsistent. Nowadays, these products are usually produced in a primitive and empirical way and little is known about production control and impact on food safety. Moreover, the product stability, which is related to its conditioning method (packaging and stabilization processes), needs to be further investigated. The development and introduction of such a product into the market must meet the Health Canada guidelines while considering the public safety. Therefore, the objective of this project is to overcome the existing gaps in the cannabis-based product development and the advancement of cannabis-based industry. Throughout this project, will provide the industrial partners useful assistance at various stages of production, including the production process, the technological challenge, and the implementation of changes in their company. This will help them to position themselves as a Canadian leader of recreational and natural health cannabis-based products.

自 2018 年 10 月以来，加拿大大麻合法化为娱乐和药用目的开辟了一个全新且有趣的市场。超临界二氧化碳萃取大麻素可以生产最高纯度的提取物，但需要使用 SC-CO2 进行选择性提取大麻素的综合分析。此外，基于大麻的产品的开发仍然面临一些技术和生产挑战。有关工业大麻食品（通常称为“食用品”）和天然保健品的公开信息很少。如今，这些产品通常以原始和经验的方式生产，对生产控制和对食品安全的影响知之甚少。此外，与其调节方法（包装和稳定过程）相关的产品稳定性需要改进。此类产品的开发和引入市场必须符合加拿大卫生部的指导方针，同时考虑公共安全，因此，该项目的目标是克服基于大麻的产品开发和进步方面的现有差距。在整个项目中，将提供以大麻为基础的工业。工业合作伙伴在生产的各个阶段提供了有用的帮助，包括生产过程、技术挑战以及公司变革的实施，这将帮助他们将自己定位为加拿大休闲和天然健康大麻产品的领导者。