CBD products are gaining popularity, and a great hype is building around them year by year, primarily because many people now claim to have benefited from these products in one way or another. In fact, there are CBD products for pain, sleep, sex, shape, focus, wellness, soft skin, sports, etc., name it all. As the cannabinoid accumulates praise, more and more companies also want to deal in the products. In the USA alone, more than 250 brands deal in CBD products. One such company is Naternal, which gives you a special invite to trust it and its hemp source and promote its products. Will you honor the invite? Before then, please take this opportunity to read our full review about who Naternal is, what it offers, and what its pros and cons are.
About the Company
Naternal has an appealing website that you will appreciate visiting. According to the website, the brand was created by people who are passionate about life and with three main goals; (i) produce the highest quality CBD products and sell them at reasonable prices (ii) take full advantage of the global life sciences research centers around the creators (iii) observe the standards expected for any other wellness and health companies. The company has its headquarters in Research Triangle Park; a research center turned manufacturing facility in North Carolina.
The brand does not give any details about the company’s founding- who founded it or when it was founded, nor does it mention who forms the technical team. However, it says that Naternal was created by people who had a passion for health and CBD and wanted to create a difference in the CBD space, winning the trust of many. The creators understand that the hype built around CBD led to the launching of many brands, spoiling everything. Although there were many options consumers could choose from, too many companies meant too many products, most of which users did not know how or why to administer. As such, the founders of Naternal were concerned about creating a difference in the CBD space, not because everyone just needs to take CBD, but because the cannabinoid should be taken for a reason and in appropriate dosages. Consequently, the brand goes the extra mile to educate consumers and the community about CBD.
The presence of a research center, the Research Triangle Park in NC, further moved the passionate guys to birth Naternal. They saw a huge opportunity to research CBD and offer people what they understand. As such, the center was turned into a manufacturing facility, but research continued. The brand brought on-board experts with degrees from renowned institutions in NC, UNC, and beyond. It also liaised with local farmers who the founders knew well and whose farming practices they greatly appreciated. Naternal believes that life is sacred and should be given the respect it deserves. As such, it also includes high-quality, well-formulated pet items in its inventory of CBD products.
Specs
There are many brands out there dealing in CBD products, and it’s a company’s specifications that describe how unique it is. The following specs are true for Naternal;
- Rigorous 3rd party tests for potency and product purity
- Extracts feature broad- and full-spectrum formulations
- Hemp is sourced from the North Carolina farms
- Hemp breeding, growing, and product manufacturing controlled from the cradle to grave
- Certificates of analysis (CoA) available online
- Most products passed contaminant tests
- Customer care contact details include a phone number and an email address
- Extracts are consumed as topicals, pet products, and tinctures
- Ethanol extraction strips CBD from hemp surface
- Basic chemistry applied to separate ethanol from hemp oil
- Manufacturing facilities have a cGMP certification
- The brand uses natural ingredients to augment CBD effects
Buying Experience
Buying CBD products from the Naternal website is a rather intuitive and straightforward process. All items are found under the ‘Shop’ section, which further leads you to a page with all the items in their respective categories. All you need to do is surf through the easily navigable website, select the products you want to buy, and add them to the cart. After completing your selection, the website asks you to check out and log in to your account, which is uncomplicated.
Once on the billing page, you will have to fill in your billing information and physical location details for shipping. The website then calculates the shipping costs based on your destination. There are two shipping options; UPS and USPS, and it takes 2-5 days to have your products delivered, based on your selection. Besides, you can save a few bucks if you shop when the company has an offer or a coupon. Additionally, Naternal offers first-time customers some percentages off the total sales.
Manufacturing Process
Naternal is a legal hemp grower that cultivates its hemp plants in the North Carolina rural farms. According to the website, the brand took time to familiarize itself with the farming procedures in these farms, giving them the privilege to control their supply chain from the cradle to the grave. Besides, the farmers are experts in cannabis cultivation, further helping the brand win its customers’ trust.
Naternal manufactures its products in Research Triangle Park, the renowned-NC research center, but all the activities are overseen by the brand’s mother company, Root Bioscience Inc. When the hemp plants mature, they are tested to ensure that they match the qualities needed to produce high-quality CBD products that will sell at reasonable prices and still let the company enjoy returns. They are then harvested and hemp oil extracted. The company uses the ethanol extraction technique to strip off hemp oil from hemp surface and further employs basic chemistry to clear off ethanol from hemp oil.
The next stage is transporting the pure hemp oil to Root Triangle Park, where Root Bioscience Inc. completes the manufacturing process. The oil is purified further to result in broad- and full-spectrum formulations. While both formulations allow a consumer to enjoy full entourage effects of terpenes, flavonoids, and different cannabinoids, broad-spectrum formulations do not have the tint of THC, which full-spectrum extracts have in percentages equal to or less than 0.3%. Naternal incorporates various natural ingredients into its products to augment CBD effects or increase the bioavailability of cannabinoids, terpenes, and flavonoids. At this stage, they are incorporated. Such natural ingredients include cocoa & shea butter, coconut MCT oil, lavender oil, vitamin E tocopherol, honey, arnica, etc.
The last step is testing the products for THC and CBD potencies as well as purity, which Naternal does. These are quality and control techniques that ensure the products deliver as indicated on the labels. Most of the products passed the tests, which is a plus for Naternal. At this stage, the manufacturing process is done, and the brand now awaits orders from consumers.
Range of Products
Naternal has a fairly narrow product range comprising;
i.Naternal CBD Pet Products
This line of products offers 30 ml full-spectrum CBD pet tinctures with 300, 600, 900, or 1200 mg CBD concentrations. Their bases are made of MCT oil for increased bioavailability and have no taste. You can buy them for $15-$45, revealing an average price point of $0.03 to $0.05 per mg CBD.
ii.Naternal CBD Topicals
Naternal’s topical products include salves, creams, and lotions. They come in 1000 or 2000 mg CBD concentrations and feature full-spectrum formulations. They also include other natural ingredients, including butter, plant extracts, and essential oils.
iii.Naternal CBD Broad-Spectrum Tinctures
These oils come in 30 ml bottles with 600, 1200, or 2400 mg broad-spectrum CBD. They are ethanol-extracted, have an MCT oil base, and feature many natural ingredients. The oils also have CBN, terpenes, flavonoids, and other cannabinoids, without THC.
iv.Naternal CBD Full-Spectrum CBD Tinctures
These are more like the broad-spectrum oils, only that they have THC equal to or less than 0.3%. They come in 30 ml bottles with 600, 1200, or 2400 mg total CBD concentrations.
What We Like About the Company
Naternal is a good company, and we recommend it because of the many likable aspects we found with this brand. We appreciated the following pros about Naternal;
- The brand is diligent about 3rd party tests and examines CBD products for purity and potency, as the cannabis regulations require
- The skincare products offered by Naternal are unique on their own and adding CBD and other cannabinoids only makes them better
- The tinctures Naternal sells have a neutral taste and does not have a bad aftertaste most tinctures and oils from other brands offer
- Locating its manufacturing facilities in a research center gives the brand a competitive advantage because it researches CBD and phytocannabinoids well
- The experts the brand has brought on-board are well-versed in the cannabis field, further winning clients’ trust
- Naternal offers its clients multiple ways to save a few bucks with it, include the LOVE 10 or LOVE 20 coupons for orders above $50 and $100, offering $10 and $20 offs, respectively.
- A 30-day money-back guarantee accepts complaints from dissatisfied clients and offers a full refund when the claims are justified
- The manufacturing facilities have a cGMP certification, assuring consumers of the highest safety standards being observed
- The customer care agents are responsive, friendly, and comprehensive in their responses
- Shipping is fast and typically takes 2-5 days; we were fortunate to receive our orders within 3 days
What We Don’t Like About the Company
Although we liked many things about Naternal, the brand still has room for improvements, especially for the following cons we identified;
- The FAQ section of Naternal’s website is shallow and discusses basic questions while not including all the concerns people might have about CBD
- The brand has a fairly narrow product line
- There is no information on the website about the company’s founders
- Some of the products posed variances higher than 10%, which is the acceptable limit
- The packages the brand uses do not include CBD on the outside, and a person who is unfamiliar with the brand would not know about CBD presence
Our Verdict
Our review for Naternal was generally positive. The brand uses high-quality hemp and natural ingredients to manufacture its products and still sells them at reasonable prices. Naternal is diligent about 3rd party tests and examines its products for potency and purity, after which it uploads the results online. Although its product lines are narrow, it offers high-quality products in broad- and full-spectrum formulations. The 30-day money-back guarantee takes care of dissatisfied clients, offering full refunds when the claims are justified. Naternal only needs to expand its product lines and improve accuracy for potency variances. Otherwise, it is definitely a great brand.
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