Our story: transparency and product information
Phytogrammes is a French brand of hemp-based products.
- phyto
- the plant, from the Greek.
- grammes
- the unit hemp is sold in.
The starting point.
In 2026, the CBD market is saturated with marketing and dishonesty. Strain names invented from scratch by sellers. Promises of "powerful" effects that hide synthetic cannabinoids never clearly named. Average products sold on the back of outlandish percentages.
This is not an opinion, it is documented:
70 %
of CBD products sold online were mislabelled as early as 2017: 26% contained less CBD than stated, 43% contained more, and THC was detected in 21% of samples.[1]
JAMA, 2017
4,5 %
of the CBD samples tested in France contained HHC or H4-CBD, with nothing on the label. Consumers took in synthetic cannabinoids without knowing it.[2]
MILDECA, 2023
65 %
of the SINTES collections of e-liquids sold as "CBD" but containing synthetic cannabinoids involved a minor.[3]
OFDT, 2022
2024
since the start of the year, the French health agencies have recorded several hundred poisonings linked to synthetic cannabinoids (HHC, HHC-O, H4-CBD, MDMB-PINACA…) or to THC above the legal threshold.[4]
ANSM / Anses, 2024
In practice: a large share of sellers do not know what they are selling. Where the flowers come from, the real strain, the actual composition, synthetic molecules sometimes added even though they are already classified as narcotics. And some lie knowingly, with promises of a high sold as a "natural" alternative to THC. You will see further down why it is anything but natural.
84 products, 26 accurate labels.
The JAMA study fits in one object. A team bought 84 CBD products online, then measured what they really contained. 26 matched their label. 36 held more CBD than announced, 22 held less.[1]
The 84-pin gauge
One pin per product. Flush with the plate: the label was right. Standing proud: more CBD than announced. Sunk: less. Each pin's place is arbitrary, the three totals are the study's.
Our promise.
At Phytogrammes, we decided to stop the bullshit. Transparency by default, all the time. On each product page, we distinguish available information from what remains to be documented:
Certificate of analysis
a link when a batch report is published, otherwise “Not published”.
Product origin
the country recorded in the catalogue, or “Not provided”.
Batch reference
the reference supplied with the product profile, without presenting it as proof of analysis.
Cannabinoid profile
the published values and their status: product reference data or analysis accompanied by a certificate.
And everything we know, we document in our wiki. Including synthetic cannabinoids, which we would rather warn you about than pretend do not exist.
What exactly are synthetic cannabinoids?
They are molecules created in a laboratory to imitate the effects of THC, sometimes far more potently. There is almost no clinical research on these very recent molecules: nobody can guarantee they are safe, and certainly not a CBD seller.
They circulate all the same, sometimes sprayed on flowers sold as CBD with nothing on the label. HHC was the best-known example, classified as a narcotic by the ANSM in 2023[5], followed since by several analogues. Our answer is simple: none of our products contain any. The molecule-by-molecule detail is in our wiki, and our full dossier on the dangers of synthetic cannabinoids.
Prohibition only increases the danger.
Today consumers do not know what they are consuming, and these potentially harmful products are extremely easy to obtain, not least for the youngest. We judge nobody, neither consumers nor sellers. For us the real solution would be legalising cannabis: people smoke, they will keep smoking, that is their right.
We sell no flower laced with synthetic molecules. Nearly all of them are now classified as narcotics or about to be, no laboratory can certify that they are safe, and selling them would be the exact opposite of our promise.
Instead, we document them molecule by molecule in our wiki, without taboo, as a matter of harm reduction. If you use them, you deserve at least to know what they are and what you are risking.
Cannabis is cannabis.
There is high and low quality, different growing and extraction methods, different compositions. But there is no need to call it "SUPER Gorilla Blue Haze". For 99% of products on the market, the strain name is chosen by the seller with a single goal: making you believe you are holding something exceptional.
With us:
Taste
is described as an aroma profile, without claiming a terpene measurement.
Effects
are described on a factual basis, without hyperbole.
The strain shown
is the real one.
Growing and extraction
are stated, method by method.
The aim is to offer an experience close to pharmaceutical industry standards: thorough quality control, exact composition.
Quality and traceability.
Accessible prices do not mean cut-rate quality. The upstream specification is as demanding as it can be, and information about origin must be documented. An internal profile does not replace a dated report from an identified laboratory.
Available documents and missing information are shown on the product page.
And elsewhere?
Traceability is the market's blind spot. Most sellers cannot say where their flowers come from, who grew them, under what conditions, or what they actually contain. The figures cited above confirm it. 70% of mislabelled products in the JAMA study[1], synthetic cannabinoids found in products sold as CBD with nothing on the label.[2]
A dated certificate, linked to the batch and issued by an identified laboratory, allows an analysis to be checked. When that document is missing, we say so: an internal reference and percentages do not replace it.
The wiki.
Our community wiki gathers as much factual information about cannabis as possible. Every member can propose changes, which our team verifies before they are published.
Phytogrammes speaks to enthusiasts and to the curious alike: people who want to understand what they consume, compare varieties, and know what is documented before choosing.
We have only just arrived. We hope to grow with you.
Sources.
Bonn-Miller M.O. et al., "Labeling Accuracy of Cannabidiol Extracts Sold Online", JAMA, 2017;318(17):1708-1709.pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov ↗
"Cannabidiol : analyse de produits CBD non pharmaceutiques", report submitted to the MILDECA, 2023.drogues.gouv.fr ↗
OFDT, Point SINTES n° 9 (2022 collections).ofdt.fr ↗
ANSM / Anses, joint alert on poisonings linked to synthetic cannabinoids, 2024.ansm.sante.fr ↗
ANSM, decision of 12 June 2023, effective 13 June 2023 (HHC, HHCO, HHCP).ansm.sante.fr · HHC decision ↗