Creating a

Production
Batch
Candy Bites
Example
Batch
Necessary Information

1 What is my extract 3 How many units am I

potency? making?

What is my target potency

2 per serving and per unit?
4 What is my weight per
unit?
Extract Potency

In this example, we will be using:

87.5% THC distillate
which also means it contains:
875 milligrams per gram (mg/g)

For every gram of distillate we put into this

batch, we are putting in 875mg of THC
Product Potency Targets

Let's say we're making a candy product:

10 mg THC per piece
10 pieces per unit
This means that 1 unit contains 100mg
of THC
(10mg x 10 pieces = 100 mg per unit)
Total Units to Produce

For this production batch, we're making

500 units of Candy Bites
Since 1 unit = 100mg THC, we need 50,000
mg of THC for the whole batch
(500 units x 100mg)
How much distillate do we need?

We need 50,000 mg of THC for the whole

batch, but we also want to account for loss
Let's take 50,000mg and add 5% extra for
loss:
(50,000 x 1.05 = 52,500)
How much distillate do we need?

Our distillate contains 875mg THC per gram

We need 52,500mg of THC for our batch
52,500 divided by 875 = 60 grams

We need 60 grams of distillate for our whole

batch
What are our recipe details?

1 piece of candy weighs 3 grams

1 unit of 10 pieces weighs 30 grams
Our entire production batch (500 units)
weighs 15,000 grams
(500 units x 30 grams = 15,000)
What are our recipe details?

Our recipe contains 5 ingredients. Our full batch

recipe looks like this:
Ingredient A - 5,000 grams
Ingredient B - 4,500 grams
Ingredient C - 3,250 grams
Ingredient D - 1,500 grams
Ingredient E - 750 grams
What are our recipe details?

We need to adjust one ingredient in order to

make room for the distillate to keep our batch
weight at 15,000g.

Let's say ingredient C is the best ingredient to

adjust:
3,250g - 60g = 3,190g
What are our recipe details?

Final Batch Recipe:

Ingredient A - 5,000 grams
Ingredient B - 4,500 grams
Ingredient C - 3,190 grams
Ingredient D - 1,500 grams
Ingredient E - 750 grams
Distillate - 60 grams Total: 15,000g
Target mg/g of the batch

If our batch weighs 15,000g,

And we wanted a total of 50,000 mg of THC
in our batch,
The target mg/g of our batch is
(50,000mg THC ÷ 15,000g = 3.33 mg/g)

We do not factor in the 5% we included for loss, because

we are expecting to lose that during production
Post-production

We've finished making our batch. Here are some

important details:
We weighed our batch before we began
making individual pieces, and we had a total
of 15,023g.
This was due to slight error in weighing some
ingredients
Post-production

Now that we have finished producing our pieces,

we've weighed it again, and we have a total
batch weight of 14,893g.
This means that we have 130g of waste/loss
(15,023g - 14, 893g = 130g)
Some loss is standard for most any type of
production
Post-production

Given that 1 piece = 3g, we can estimate that we

will produce approximately 4964 pieces
(14,893g ÷ 3g = 4964.3)

We can estimate that we are able to produce

approximately 496 units
(4964 pieces ÷ 10 pieces per unit)
Post-production

When we actually package our units, we discover

that we were actually able to produce 487 units
and had 13 pieces left over, meaning we produced
4883 pieces total.

This is due to some piece size variance during

production
Post-production

If we take 14893g (our final batch weight) and

divide that by 4883 pieces, that means our
pieces weigh an average of 3.05g

(14893 ÷ 4883 = 3.05)

Potency of our actual units

We've received our lab reports back, and our

candy has tested at 3.42mg/g.

It looks like we didn't have as much loss as

expected. What is our actual mg per unit, given
this test result?
Potency of our actual units

First, let's figure out the weight of 1 unit based

on our post-production numbers.
We determined that our average piece = 3.05g
That means 1 unit = 30.5 grams
(3.05g x 10 pieces = 30.5g)
Potency of our actual units

If 1 unit weighs 30.5 grams, and our actual mg/g

of the batch is 3.42, then our mg per unit = 104.31

(30.5g per unit x 3.42 mg/g = 104.31 mg per unit)

We passed potency testing and can now sell these units.
We'll list the actual mg/piece (10.4) and mg/unit (104.31) on
the lot label for our product