Key facts
- Full spectrum keeps the whole plant's range of compounds, including trace THC.
- Isolate is a single purified compound, with the THC refined out along with the rest of the plant.
- If you're drug tested, choose Isolate. King Gee Full Spectrum is not drug test friendly.
We make two 3000 mg hemp oils. They come in the same 30 ml bottle, in the same cold-pressed Australian hemp seed oil. One is called King Gee Full Spectrum. The other is called Isolate. People ask us which one to buy more than they ask us anything else.
The answer usually comes down to one question, and it isn't about which is "stronger" or "better". It's this: do you get drug tested? If yes, Isolate. If no, you get to choose, and this post explains what you're choosing between.
The short answer
| King Gee Full Spectrum | 3000 mg Isolate | |
|---|---|---|
| What's in the extract | The whole plant's range of compounds — cannabinoids, terpenes, flavonoids — as the plant made them | One compound, purified out and the rest removed |
| Carrier oil | Cold-pressed Australian hemp seed oil | Cold-pressed Australian hemp seed oil |
| Taste | Earthy, grassy, noticeably "planty" | Milder; mostly the nutty taste of the seed oil |
| Colour | Darker green-gold | Lighter, golden |
| Drug test friendly | No. Contains trace cannabinoids, including THC | Yes. A single purified compound; THC is refined out |
| Price (30 ml) | $69.99 | $59.99 |
| Also available as | 50 ml, 100 ml | 50 ml, 100 ml, plus Sleep Formula, Gummies and Pet Formula |
What "full spectrum" means
A hemp plant makes hundreds of compounds. The ones people talk about fall into three groups: cannabinoids (compounds found mainly in the flower), terpenes (the aromatic oils that give the plant, and things like pine and lavender, their smell), and flavonoids (plant pigments, the same family that colours berries).
A full spectrum extract keeps all of that. The flower and leaf are extracted (ours with CO₂) and the result is blended into a carrier oil without further refining. What was in the plant, in roughly the proportions the plant made it, is what's in the bottle. That's why it tastes like the plant, and why the colour is darker.
It also means a full spectrum oil contains trace amounts of every cannabinoid the plant produced. In Australian hemp those traces are small, and the plant is grown and tested to stay within legal limits. But "small" is not "zero", and workplace drug screens are designed to detect small. We'll come back to that.
King Gee Full Spectrum Hemp Oil is our full spectrum product. The label says 3000 mg EQV, which stands for equivalent: the 30 ml bottle holds 3000 mg of full spectrum extract. It's tested by an accredited laboratory, and the certificate of analysis showing its compound profile is available on request.
What "isolate" means
An isolate starts the same way, as a whole-plant extract. Then it's refined further: one compound is separated out and purified, and everything else — the other cannabinoids, the terpenes, the flavonoids, the chlorophyll — is removed. What's left is a crystalline powder that is close to 100% one compound. That powder is dissolved into the carrier oil at a measured strength.
The result is simpler and more predictable. Every 30 ml bottle of our 3000 mg Isolate Oil contains 3000 mg of that one compound in hemp seed oil, and nothing else from the plant. Because the THC is refined out along with everything else, we label it drug test friendly.
Because the plant taste has been refined out, the isolate mostly tastes like the hemp seed oil it sits in: nutty, a little grassy, much milder than King Gee. It's also the base for our Sleep Formula (isolate plus linalool, a terpene found in lavender), our Gummies, and our Pet Formula, for the same reason: a consistent, single-compound starting point.
So which one?
We can't tell you what either oil will do for you. The rules don't allow it, and the truth is it varies. What we can do is give you the four things that actually decide it.
1. Are you drug tested at work, in sport, or for a licence? If yes, this is the whole decision. Choose Isolate. A full spectrum oil contains trace cannabinoids, and we won't tell you a screen will ignore them. Isolate is a single purified compound with the THC refined out. Read more in "Drug test friendly": what it means on our labels.
2. Do you want the whole plant or one compound? Some people want everything the plant made, in the proportions it made it. That's full spectrum, and it's the traditional way hemp has been taken. Others want one known compound at a known strength with no variables. That's isolate. Neither is more "real"; they're different products.
3. How do you feel about the taste? King Gee tastes like a plant. Some people like that; some hold it under the tongue and count the seconds. Isolate is noticeably milder. If you've tried a full spectrum oil before and the taste put you off, isolate is the easier one to keep up daily.
4. Price. At 30 ml, King Gee is $69.99 and Isolate is $59.99. The gap is the extra work in sourcing and testing a whole-plant extract. Both come in 50 ml and 100 ml, which bring the per-ml price down.
If you're still unsure, the 20 ml tester sizes exist for this reason: try one, then decide.
The difference is in the refining
Both oils start as hemp extract, and both sit in the same cold-pressed Australian hemp seed oil. The difference is what happens after extraction. King Gee is CO₂-extracted from Northern Rivers hemp, sun-grown outdoors in volcanic soil without pesticides or synthetic inputs, and blended into the carrier as it comes. Isolate is refined further, down to one compound, before it goes into the bottle.
Frequently asked questions
Is full spectrum stronger than isolate? Not in the sense of milligrams. Our King Gee and Isolate are both labelled 3000 mg per 30 ml. "Full spectrum" describes what range of compounds is present, not how much.
Does isolate come from hemp too? Yes. It starts as a whole-plant hemp extract and is refined further to a single compound.
Will full spectrum hemp oil show up on a drug test? It can. Full spectrum oils contain trace cannabinoids, and screening is designed to detect traces. If you're tested, choose Isolate. We don't make promises about any individual test for either product.
Why is full spectrum more expensive? A whole-plant extract takes more care to source consistently and more testing to characterise, because there are more compounds to measure. The isolate is a more standardised input.
Can I take both? They're both foods, and plenty of people have both in the cupboard. There's no reason you can't. Start low with whichever you pick and adjust gradually.
What does EQV mean on the King Gee label? Equivalent. The 30 ml bottle holds 3000 mg of full spectrum extract. Its certificate of analysis is available on request.
Written by the Nimbin Hemp team in the Northern Rivers, NSW. Last updated 21 October 2026.