What THC Free Means At Alliant Hemp

The term THC-Free is widely used in the hemp industry, but it is rarely defined clearly.

At Alliant Hemp, we believe that if we’re going to use the term, we owe you a precise explanation of what it means — and just as importantly, what it does not mean.

This page explains how THC exists in hemp, how isolate products are made, how testing works at very low levels, and how we define THC-Free in a way that is honest, consistent, and grounded in real-world manufacturing and compliance testing.

Hemp Naturally Contains THC

Hemp plants naturally produce THC along with many other cannabinoids, waxes, lipids, and plant compounds.

When hemp is extracted, everything in the plant is extracted together. THC in finished products is not the result of contamination or poor handling — it is simply part of the original plant material being processed.

What “Isolate” Actually Means

Products like CBD isolate and CBG isolate are made by separating one target compound from a complex hemp extract.

That refinement process removes:

Other cannabinoids (including THC)
Plant waxes and lipids
Residual plant material

However, in real-world manufacturing, this separation is never perfectly absolute.

Even highly refined isolates are extremely pure, but not mathematically 100.000% pure. Trace residual compounds can remain, including trace THC. This is a physical reality of chemical separation at commercial scale.

Why “Zero THC” Is Not a Practical Standard

There is currently no single universal definition for what qualifies as “THC-Free.”

Claiming “zero THC” implies a level of chemical purity and measurement certainty that:

is not realistically achievable in commercial production, and
does not reflect how compliance testing actually works at very low concentrations.

For this reason, Alliant Hemp does not use “zero THC” as a claim.

How Alliant Hemp Defines THC-Free

At Alliant Hemp, THC-Free means less than 0.01% total THC.

We chose this threshold deliberately because it is:

Non-intoxicating
Well below federal hemp limits
Clear and consistently defined
Verifiable through real-world compliance testing

When we label a product as THC-Free*, we mean it meets this defined standard.

A Note on Testing at Very Low Levels

Commercial compliance laboratories can often quantify THC below 0.01% — sometimes reporting values around 0.003–0.004%.

At these extremely low concentrations, results naturally become less stable and can vary due to normal factors such as:

instrument calibration,
method sensitivity,
and how a lab defines and applies its reporting thresholds at the time of testing.

In plain terms: when numbers get very small, tiny differences can appear from one test to the next even when the product itself has not meaningfully changed.

For this reason, treating ultra-low decimal differences as if they represent a real-world distinction is not reliable.

Why Potency Matters When Interpreting Test Results

Alliant Hemp products are formulated at very high concentrations — for example, 200 mg of cannabinoid per milliliter.

When products are this potent, trace compounds that exist at extremely small levels can be more likely to appear numerically in lab results, especially near the lower limits of quantitation.

To put that in context:

If the same material were diluted to 100 mg/mL or 50 mg/mL,
those same trace amounts would often fall below the lab’s reporting threshold and appear as “< LOQ.”
At higher concentrations, the same trace presence can occasionally be reported as a very small numeric value (for example, 0.003–0.004%), even though the real-world amount has not meaningfully changed.

This is not an indication of increased THC exposure — it is a function of concentration and measurement resolution.

In short: higher-potency products make trace-level measurement more visible, not more impactful.

What the THC-Free Standard Does — and Does Not — Mean

THC-Free at Alliant Hemp means:

The product is intended to meet <0.01% total THC
The standard is clearly defined and consistently applied
The product is non-intoxicating under this definition

THC-Free does not mean:

Absolute zero THC at all measurable levels
Perfect chemical purity
That ultra-low lab numbers will never vary at the margins of detection

Our goal is clarity, not word games.

In Plain Terms

Hemp naturally contains THC
Isolate products are highly refined, not perfectly absolute
Extremely low test numbers can vary without changing the real-world nature of the product
Alliant Hemp defines THC-Free as less than 0.01% total THC

That’s the standard. Clearly stated. Consistently applied.