Cannabidiol:a legal food ingredient for 2021?

摘要

REPRESENTING a seismic shift in policy, the European Commission (EC) has now accepted that extracts from Cannabis Sativa L. (CS) can be considered for assessment as a food rather than constituting a narcotic.CS is a plant with over 5,000 years of history as a food, medicine and source of fibre for textiles.' However, its place in modern-day nutrition has been reimagined since the identification of Cannabidiol (CBD), just one of over 600 biologically active metabolites that can effectively treat epileptic conditions. It has been over eight years since Charlotte Figi's self-treatment for Dravet syndrome with CBD opened up the global cannabis extracts market. However, research as far back as 19802 recognised CBD's potential. After what could be argued as a slow start, it now represents a compound worth an estimated $23.6 billion globally by 2025, with a CAGR of 22 percent.3 Europe alone will account for $16.14 billion of this market by 2025, with the UK anticipated as the biggest EU market worth an estimated $3.57 billion.