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We will be exhibiting at White Label World Expo in Frankfurt, Germany from October 13th to 14th.

You will be able to find us at stand D12 (2nd stand on the right after the visitors entrance.) at the show, and we would love to meet you there as we’ve got something exciting to share with you.

Contact us in advance to schedule an appointment or drop by our stand at any time.

Get your free entrance ticket to the expo here.

In June, we started the process of getting our products certified vegan by the highest standards possible, which is The Vegan Society in The United Kingdom founded in 1944.

Today, we are proud to announce that we are officially certified by The Vegan Society and are honoured to add the certified Vegan Trademark to our cosmetics made from organic hemp produced in Switzerland.

We will be implementing the new standard and certification into our communication, products packaging and branding immediately.

About The Vegan Society

The Vegan Society was founded in November 1944 and have made tremendous progress since.

The Society now defines veganism as "A philosophy and way of living which seeks to exclude—as far as is possible and practicable—all forms of exploitation of, and cruelty to, animals for food, clothing or any other purpose; and by extension, promotes the development and use of animal-free alternatives for the benefit of humans, animals and the environment. In dietary terms it denotes the practice of dispensing with all products derived wholly or partly from animals."

The founding of The Vegan Society is celebrated annually on 1 November, World Vegan Day.

The Vegan Trademark has been helping users identify that a product is free from animal ingredients since 1990. Registration with the trademark gives brands the confidence to shout about their vegan credentials.

Read more about The Vegan Society.

EU allowed CBG (Cannabigerol) in cosmetic products in May 2021, when CBG was added to the CosIng database. Since then, we have been working on new, more potent CBG formulations for our CBG+CBD oils and CBD creams.

You can read more about CBG and the many benefits of this major cannabinoids in the article CBG - Cannabigerol.

New CBG+CBD oil available

We are launching a more potent CBG+CBD oil to complement our current CBG+CBD oil with 100 mg (1%) CBG and 300 mg (3%) CBD.

The new CBG+CBD oil has 600 mg (6%) CBG and 300 mg (3%) CBD. It also other major cannabinoids like CBD (0.8%), but is completely free of THC.

The concentration of CBG is six times higher than previously, but the new CBG+CBD oil will be priced at the same price as the previous version, which in return has been reduced in price by 50% until further notice.

It is available in our webshop.

New CBG oils in production

Later this month, we will launch a CBG oil with 500 mg (5%) CBG without any other cannabinoids - and completely free of THC.

You can read more about CBG and the many benefits of this major cannabinoids in the article CBG - Cannabigerol.

Source: EU allow CBG (Cannabigerol) as ingredients in cosmetics products

We have decided to join The Vegan Society and started the process of getting our organic and vegan cosmetics products officially certified.

We consider The Vegan Society the most renowned and reputable vegan organisation in Europe.

About The Vegan Society

The Vegan Society was founded in November 1944 and have made tremendous progress since.

The Society now defines veganism as "A philosophy and way of living which seeks to exclude—as far as is possible and practicable—all forms of exploitation of, and cruelty to, animals for food, clothing or any other purpose; and by extension, promotes the development and use of animal-free alternatives for the benefit of humans, animals and the environment. In dietary terms it denotes the practice of dispensing with all products derived wholly or partly from animals."

The founding of The Vegan Society is celebrated annually on 1 November, World Vegan Day.

The Vegan Trademark has been helping users identify that a product is free from animal ingredients since 1990. Registration with the trademark gives brands the confidence to shout about their vegan credentials.

Read more about The Vegan Society at www.vegansociety.com.

Our top-rated CBN+CBD oil with 100 mg (1%) CBN and 300 mg (3%) CBD has been in high demand since we made the very first production batch more than a year ago.

Many customers have reported that the CBN+CBD oil has made them more relaxed, balanced and significantly improved their sleep pattern and cycles.

Due to the popularity and the positive customer feedback, we decided to research and develop specialized CBN+CBD oils.

In October 2020, we publicly announced our first planned research collaboration with Dutch researchers on a large double-blinded, randomized placebo-controlled crossover study on more than 300 people in The Netherlands (for more information read: Dutch researchers and Swiss cannabis company tests safe and natural alternatives to solving sleep problems).

This research study did not get the required funding needed for the planned start in 2021. Still, we have not given up on the fundraising for researching into potentially solving sleep problems with our natural cannabis products.

Today, we present two new specialized CBN+CBD oils

We are now adding more concentrated and potent CBN+CBD oils to our product line of specialized oils.

The new oils contain 500 mg (5%) CBN and 500 mg (5%) CBD and 1.000 mg (10%) CBN and 1.000 mg (10%) CBD respectively. We believe this CBN-to-CBD ratio is the optimal ratio for the desired results. We look forward to documenting this through research studies.

These oils are completely free of THC and can safely be used by professional athletes and anyone else worried about potentially failing drug tests testing for THC.

The new CBN+CBD oils are available in our webshop.

Why Cannabinol (CBN)?

CBN is a very popular cannabinoid due to the many documented benefits of this major cannabinoid – particularly in combination with CBD.

CBN is known for being sedative, analgesic, antibacterial, anti-inflammatory, antispasmodic and very popular for improving and enhancing sleep. You can read much more about CBN in this article CBN – Cannabinol.

CBN is created through the ageing process and the external oxidation of the psychoactive cannabinoid "tetrahydrocannabinol", or THC for short. Exposure to oxygen or exposure to heat and light rays promotes the breakdown of the psychoactive effect in the process. The lower the THC content, the higher the CBN content. For this reason, cannabinol can only be found in tiny quantities in fresh cannabis plants and is very expensive to produce naturally.

Create your own CBD brand or source the very best ingredients for your products.

We have received thousands of requests for custom productions and white-label services in the last five years. Until now, we have kindly declined these inquiries and focused on scaling our own business with Formula Swiss branded products across 58 countries.

Formula Swiss Wholesale AG is ready to support your business

Now that we have reached significant economies of scale in the production processes, we can comfortably offer bulk and white-label production at very competitive prices without compromising the product quality in the production process.

We have established Formula Swiss Wholesale AG for this purpose and look forward to discussing, how we can support your business model.

A separate website will be established for this company shortly.

We have established Formula Swiss UK Ltd. as a subsidiary in North Yorkshire in the U.K. and have applied for local VAT registration.

Having a local presence in the U.K. will have many positive implications for our customers and wholesale partners.

Customers in the U.K. will no longer pay any extra costs

From end of April, our customers in the U.K. will no longer have to deal with the Brexit-implications. The local custom clearing will be much faster going forward, and our customers will no longer have to pay any kind of fees, duties or VAT when receiving our products.

We will pay local VAT and import duties for all deliveries to the U.K. 

Cosmetics registration in Great Britain completed

We have notified the Office for Product Safety and Standards (OPSS) about all our cosmetic CBD products available to Great Britain consumers.

All our product information is available for the British authorities in the Cosmetic Product Notification Portal' or 'SCNP', a similar system as the European Union's CPNP system.

We have updated our About Us-page with more information about our company, mission, production, quality, studies.

You can access the page here.

Feel free to comment and send us feedback.

Sleep disorders and insufficient sleep have a high prevalence worldwide and numbers are increasing each year costing society a fortune.

The Netherlands shows a point prevalence of 32.1% in 2016. Symptoms include poor sleep quality, non-restorative sleep, early awakenings, and difficulty initiating and maintaining sleep. More importantly but barely recognized by health professionals and the general public are the health hazards people risk by not getting enough good quality sleep.

There is an increased risk for diabetes, obesity, hypertension, coronary heart disease (CHD), stroke, mental disorders, including anxiety and depression, but also dementia suppressed immune system and death due to cancer, stroke and CHD. A relevant study carried out by RAND Corporation calculated that sleep deprivation costs 1.56-1.86% of GDP yearly in Germany and United Kingdom respectively, accounting for 13–15 Billion Euro per year in The Netherlands and 50-60 Billion Euro per year in Germany and The United Kingdom.

Cannabinoids in cannabis could be the solution

Researchers, attached to the University of Groningen in the Netherlands, believe that the promising values of full spectrum cannabidiol (CBD) and cannabinol (CBN) products can have calming neuroprotective and sedative effects on the central nervous system, and thus may be safe alternatives for sleep problems.

The Dutch researchers are planning a large double-blinded, randomized placebo-controlled crossover trial study on more than 300 people in The Netherlands using legal cannabis products from the Swiss cannabis producer, Formula Swiss AG, on patients with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) and musculoskeletal pain due rheumatoid arthritis (RA).

This study will give insight into the potential benefit of cannabinoids on sleep by influencing the underlying disease mechanisms, which also positively affects disease symptoms and thus quality of life. An individual that sleeps on average less than six hours per night has a 13 per cent higher mortality risk than someone sleeping between seven and nine hours. An individual sleeping between six to seven hours per day still has a seven per cent higher mortality risk.

Improving the total amount of sleep and sleep quality will not only reduce a long list of health problems, but also improve the quality of life, because good sleep is one of the cornerstones of good health.

Further analysis showed that if total sleep time of people, who currently sleep less than 6 hours per night, would be augmented to 6-7 hours, costs would drop to 1.10% - 1.60% GDP thereby saving society 2.17–3.85 Billion Euro per year.

Addressing sleep deprivation will reduce health and work-related costs dramatically.

Contact for more information:

Drs. I. Niedlich den Herder Pathologist, medical manager, researcher plantbasedera@gmail.com (+31) 646740912

Robin Roy Krigslund-Hansen CEO Formula Swiss AG, Blegistrasse 13, 6340 Baar, Switzerland www.formulaswiss.com (+41) 78 932 8584, robin@formulaswiss.com

Today, we have just launched two new very strong CBD oils in our webshop.

Full-spectrum CBD oil with 3.000 mg. CBD in MCT oil with natural aroma and with strawberry aroma. 

The new CBD oils are available as 6 and 10 pcs. bundles as well.

We would like to share some exciting news with you.

Today, we are launching three, new CBD oils with a decarboxylation of just 60%, which ensures that the CBD oil keeps a high level of natural CBDa.

The products are available in our webshop.

What is CBDa?

CBDa stands for cannabidiolic acid, and as the name suggests, this molecule is closely related to CBD. In fact, scientists consider CBDa to be the parent molecule of CBD as it is converted to CBD through the process of decarboxylation (often through heating).

CBDa is what is known as a carboxylic acid, meaning that its structure contains a carboxyl group comprising one carbon, one hydrogen, and two oxygen atoms, commonly expressed as COOH. When you expose this molecule to high temperatures, this group breaks up to form carbon dioxide and hydrogen. What you are left with is cannabidiol (CBD).

Although to some extent this reaction happens naturally over time, the process is extremely slow. However, when you smoke or vape cannabis, you speed up the process greatly.

CBDa and cancer

One of the conditions for which CBDA is offering hope is cancer, specifically breast cancer. Studies have shown that CBDa has the potential to suppress breast cancer cells and inhibit them from spreading throughout the body, a process known as metastasis.

The researchers found that exposing cancer cells to CBDa for just 48 hours downregulated the expression of an enzyme called cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2), which is part of the inflammatory process and may play a role in as many as 40% of cases of invasive breast cancer. CBDa also appeared to influence a gene called SHARP1 (also known as BHLHE41), which has the action of inhibiting breast cancer metastasis.

Since experts estimate metastasis to be responsible for up to 90% of the deaths related to breast cancer, this finding could prove vital in improving the prognosis for patients diagnosed with this life-threatening condition.

CBDa and inflammation

Since CBDa appears to inhibit COX-2, it has proven anti-inflammatory properties.
Many conventional anti-inflammatory drugs work by inhibiting COX-2, and doctors commonly prescribe them in the treatment of painful conditions such as arthritis.

CBDa, nausea and vomiting

A study found that CBDa effectively relieved toxin and motion-induced vomiting in shrews, and reduced nausea in rats. Most significantly, these scientists suggest that CBDa could reduce nausea and vomiting even more effectively than CBD.

It appears that these potent effects are a result of CBDa enhancing the activation of 5-HT1A receptors. These receptors are designed to bind with the neurotransmitter serotonin and are prevalent in the digestive system.
More research is definitely necessary to establish the effects of CBDA on nausea and vomiting in humans. However, if proven, this treatment could offer a much needed relief to patients suffering from the side effects of chemotherapy as well as nausea related to other conditions.

CBDA for stress and anxiety

There is little evidence currently available to support this use of CBDa, but some have suggested that this compound could be useful in the treatment of stress and anxiety in humans, due to many similarities with CBD.

We are currently working on a new version of our website with the objective of building a new design and structure to better accommodate many new CBD products and product categories.

While the website is being worked on, some parts of the website might not be working as usual and some links might be broken.

We sincerely apologize for any inconvenience caused by the work on our website and will do our best to finish the work in approximately 10 days from now.