Cannabis compositions, oral products, and methods of making same
The disclosed technology includes cannabinoid oral products, and methods for making same. In some embodiments, the oral products are pouches including cannabinoid infused wafers. In some embodiments, the method of making the cannabinoid oral products includes preparing an emulsion, preparing a spray dry solution, spray drying solution into cannabinoid and carbohydrate particles, preparing a paste, preparing a wafer in a heated vacuum oven, fragmenting the wafer into cannabinoid infused wafer fragments, mixing the cannabinoid infused wafer fragments with starch, and dispensing the cannabinoid infused wafer fragments into pouches. The methods may also include labeling the oral products, for example, with a THC warning symbol.
1. A method of making an oral product comprising:
preparing an emulsion with at least one cannabinoid and at least one carbohydrate particle;
preparing a spray dry solution with the emulsion;
spray drying the solution into cannabinoid and carbohydrate particles;
preparing a paste with the cannabinoid and carbohydrate particles;
heating the paste in a heated vacuum oven for less than 1 hour at a temperature of 200° F.-260° F. to evaporate water from the paste;
preparing a wafer responsive to evaporating water from the paste;
fragmenting the wafer into cannabinoid infused wafer fragments;
coating the cannabinoid infused wafer fragments in starch;
and
dispensing the cannabinoid infused wafer fragments into a pouch.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the emulsion includes cannabinoid nanoparticles.
3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the cannabinoid nanoparticles are approximately 100 nm-300 nm in size.
4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the emulsion includes at least one of micellar cannabinoid nanoparticles and liposomal cannabinoid nanoparticles.
5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the paste further includes at least one of sucrose, maltodextrin, microcrystalline cellulose, modified food starch, sodium bicarbonate, natural flavoring, botanically derived terpenes, Cannabis derived terpenes, vanilla extract, sodium chloride, distilled water, and sucralose.
6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
labeling the pouch.
7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the water activity of the cannabinoid infused wafer fragments is approximately 0.1-0.65 aw.
8. A method of making a wafer comprising:
preparing an emulsion;
preparing a spray dry solution;
spray drying the solution into particles;
preparing a paste;
heating the paste in a heated vacuum oven for less than 1 hour at a temperature of 200° F.-260° F. to evaporate water out of the paste;
and
preparing a wafer responsive to evaporating water out of the paste.
9. The method of claim 8 , wherein the emulsion includes cannabinoid nanoparticles.
10. The method of claim 9 , wherein cannabinoid nanoparticles are approximately 100 nm-300 nm in size.
11. The method of claim 8 , wherein the emulsion includes at least one of micellar cannabinoid nanoparticles and liposomal cannabinoid nanoparticles.