By Mike Jones
The cannabis industry has made large strides in the United States and abroad in the years since legalization began, opening up entirely new markets and, with them, new needs for industry-wide standardization and assessment. Following in the footsteps of other commodity markets, cannabis now has a grading system of its own.
Cannafax has established a grading method utilizing the International Cannabis & Hemp Standards’ qualitative grading standard and common language to help growers, suppliers, and the cannabis supply chain at large access clear, concise, and transparent data about cannabis and hemp material. The Cannafax proprietary grading tool utilizes this qualitative grading data and leverages AI to standardize the quality measure of cannabis.
Using Cannafax’s app to grade cannabis provides access to third-party, objective, AI-enabled qualitative grading, real-time market appraisal data, and real-time access to local verified inventory listings.
CANNABIS GRADING PROCESS
Cannafax offers grading, appraisal, and certification services. When it comes to grading, also known as quality verification, Cannafax’s process includes three easy steps:
Make your account on Cannafax.com
Print the Cannafax grading mat
Use the Cannafax app to take photos of your product and submit them for the AI-enabled tool to grade
The Certificate of Grade lists:
The final grading score based on the 100-point scale
The material’s environment, process, and product
Historical plant data, such as harvest date
Certificate of Analysis (CoA) lab information
Appraisal value set by market trends and data
Each step of creating a COG is specialized with unique criteria that allow Cannafax to make a comprehensive, fair, and thorough assessment of individual categories and overall quality.
THE ICHS 100-POINT GRADING SCORE
In addition to evaluating the aspects of the CoA, Cannafax uses the ICHS’ 100-point grading scale to assess the aroma, color, structure, and trichome quality of cannabis material.
Average scores run between 60-80. A score of 50 is considered neutral, but lower than 50 is when the product becomes defective.
GRADING QUALITY
Using the above 100-point scale from the ICHS, Cannafax evaluates the following four attributes to assess for quality and provide the appropriate score.
Aroma: The pungency, depth, and uniqueness of the flower’s smell are self-assessed and reported to the Cannafax app.
Color: The grading app analyzes the flower shade, depth, tone, and brightness.
Structure: The grading app studies the flower density and dryness.
Trichomes: The grading app analyzes the amount of dense, visible, and intact trichomes.
Grading ensures that cannabis and hemp products are of the highest quality and maintain transparency, consistency, and integrity throughout the cannabis supply chain, from the farmer to the consumer.
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