What kind of testing is done by spruce and distillery? How are their active ingredients (CBDs) measured, is their hemp organically certified, do they grow their own hemp or purchase it from other growers, do the growers use domestic organic seed or Chinese seed, what strains are used in specific compounds, is the hemp domestically grown or imported from China, what is the extraction process they use?
I live in an area with a number of small CBD manufacturers and few can afford the rigorous testing I would expect of a product I would purchase. I will purchase local products that meet the criteria I listed, not because they are cheaper, they are not, but because I like to support local businesses. In my area CBD products are on grocery store shelves, perusing the pricing for like kind, there is little cost variation. A company that doesn’t test, grow or process to my standards isn’t that much cheaper than the local products I would purchase.
CBDs are a relatively new mass market item. With that popularity comes those manufacturers that are simply profiteering and have zero concern with the quality issues I noted above. As always buyer beware.