UK CBD, on the record
This week
The FSA's 3 September board paper recommends the first three CBD novel food authorisations — with a 10 mg/day figure on pack and four warning groups. Here is what would change for a shopper, and what has not changed yet.
Two mainstream UK gummy ranges put through this desk's two tests. On the FSA public list they start level. On the arithmetic the widest gap is not between the brands but inside one of them.
The Food Standards Agency's cannabidiol guidance was updated on 28 August, adding a section on consultation requests for novel food status. The public register of listed products carries a last-updated date of 13 April 2026.
Two British CBD brands put through this desk's two tests: what each one publishes, and what a milligram costs. They are not close — and not in the direction the marketing on either site suggests.
EFSA has set a provisional safe intake for cannabidiol of roughly 2mg a day for a 70kg adult. The FSA's published figure for consumers in Britain is 10mg. Both numbers are real, and the gap between them is explainable.
One of the most visible CBD drinks in Britain, judged the way this desk judges everything: on the paperwork it publishes and the price of a milligram. The testing claim is everywhere; the certificates are not.
An Insolvency Service prosecution has ended in suspended sentences and director disqualifications for the two men who ran the company that traded as the Hull brand. The convictions concern loans and bankruptcy disclosure, not products.
The FSA is consulting on the first proposed CBD food authorisations, with initial approvals targeted for around autumn 2026 — per the regulator. Here's what the last mile of a long process actually involves.
Handsome botanical blends with CBD somewhere near the centre. Where the formulas are transparent, where they go vague, and how to read a blend label the way a pharmacist would.
UK law caps controlled cannabinoids at one milligram per container — not per serving, not per bottle size. How the limit works, and why the FSA's public list is the practical tool for shoppers.
One of the UK's longest-standing CBD names, with the paperwork broadly where it should be. The catalogue sprawls, though — and the milligrams are rarely the cheapest way to buy them.
