COA transparency

The state of the peptide market

Updated from live data · public approved audits

79%
of audited public COAs are flagged — 834 reports in total.
30.1%
average COA thoroughness: 2.11 of the seven panels.
9%
are thorough — purity, endotoxin, heavy metals and sterility all present (91 COAs).
100%
of Virtus Peptides' four public COAs clear the thorough bar — the only vendor at that mark.

1,053 auditedpublic certificates.

Public COAs audited1,174 approved public on file — pipeline in progress

Across 21 vendors and 45 labs40 compounds ranked, each with three or more public audits

Public, moderator-approved certificate audits submitted through Peptide Prime. Unapproved uploads and directory applications stay private until review.

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How the audits land.

Verdict mix: how public audits land across Peptide Prime legitimacy verdicts — legitimate, concerns, incomplete, likely fake, and not a COA. Legitimacy score distribution: a histogram of 0–100 legitimacy scores on approved public COAs, in ten-point buckets. Certificates by issue month: volume of public audited certificates dated by the lab's issue date, March 2025 through July 2026 — it shows when testing activity concentrated.

COA thoroughness:panels present÷ 7 × 100.

Thoroughness score = panels present ÷ 7 × 100, using Peptide Prime's fixed seven-panel checklist (identity, purity, heavy metals, microbial, endotoxin, sterility, residual solvent/water). A COA is labeled thorough when purity, endotoxin, heavy metals, and sterility are all present — not merely purity-only.

Panel profiles show how complete public COAs are relative to the thorough bar. The thoroughness distribution buckets those scores across every approved public COA, and market panel coverage is the share of audited COAs where each panel type is marked present.

COA thoroughness:panels present÷ 7 × 100.

ThoroughPurity + endotoxin + heavy metals + sterility all present.
91 of the 1,053 audited public COAs clear this bar — 9% of the market.
PartialSome panels present but not thorough and not purity-sparse.
Average thoroughness across audited public COAs is 30.1% — 2.11 of the seven panels.
Purity SparsePurity present but missing endotoxin, heavy metals, and sterility.
Where most vendors sit: 83% of Lumira's 71 public COAs, and every public COA on file for Amino Tech and HelixBridge.
NoneNo panels marked present.
Qalitex averages 3 across its 20 public COAs, with none thorough and none purity-sparse.

The seven-panelCOA checklist.

Purity
Identity
Endotoxin
Heavy metals
Sterility
Microbial
Residual solvent / water

Compound performance

Ranked on public, moderator-approved audits.

Ranked by average Peptide Prime legitimacy score on public approved audits. Primary compound name from each COA, with light alias and dosage normalization. Requires three or more samples so one-offs don't dominate, and purity is shown only when reported on the certificate.

Table 01

Leaderboard detail

What the table shows:

The 15 compounds the leaderboard publishes, ranked by average legitimacy on public approved audits.

Qualifying threshold:: n ≥ 3 public audits · 40 compounds qualify
How it is scored:: Flagged rate = share of legitimate_with_concerns + likely_fake. Thoroughness = panels present ÷ 7.

Rows:

1. Double Agonist — n 6 · legitimacy 92 · flagged 100% · purity 99.85% (6) · thoroughness 67
2. Cortagen — n 3 · legitimacy 92 · flagged 100% · purity 99.82% (1) · thoroughness 19
3. Triple Agonist — n 16 · legitimacy 91 · flagged 69% · purity 99.79% (16) · thoroughness 66
4. Epitalon — n 3 · legitimacy 91 · flagged 100% · purity 98.8% (3) · thoroughness 57
5. Wolverine — n 4 · legitimacy 89 · flagged 75% · purity 99.84% (4) · thoroughness 61
6. Bacteriostatic Water — n 6 · legitimacy 88 · flagged 83% · purity 99.9% (3) · thoroughness 41
7. GLOW — n 4 · legitimacy 87 · flagged 75% · purity 99.87% (3) · thoroughness 36
8. BPC-157/TB-500 — n 3 · legitimacy 85 · flagged 100% · purity not reported · thoroughness 19
9. 5-Amino-1MQ — n 6 · legitimacy 85 · flagged 100% · purity 99.61% (3) · thoroughness 36
10. PT-141 — n 18 · legitimacy 83 · flagged 94% · purity 99.63% (13) · thoroughness 30
11. Thymosin alpha-1 — n 4 · legitimacy 82 · flagged 100% · purity 99.73% (2) · thoroughness 32
12. Klow — n 11 · legitimacy 82 · flagged 91% · purity 99.62% (5) · thoroughness 38
13. Sermorelin — n 12 · legitimacy 81 · flagged 92% · purity 99.31% (9) · thoroughness 33
14. Pinealon — n 8 · legitimacy 81 · flagged 88% · purity 99.67% (5) · thoroughness 27
15. Epithalon — n 12 · legitimacy 80 · flagged 92% · purity 99.43% (9) · thoroughness 30

How to read it:

A high legitimacy score is a judgment on the certificate, not on the compound — several of these rows are flagged on every audit on file.

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Table 02

Thoroughness by vendor

What the table shows:

Vendors with three or more public COAs, ranked by average thoroughness score.

Qualifying threshold:: n ≥ 3 public COAs · 13 vendors qualify
How it is scored:: Thorough = all four of purity, endotoxin, heavy metals, sterility. Purity-sparse = purity present but those three safety panels missing.

Rows:

Virtus Peptides — n 4 · avg thoroughness 71 · thorough 4 (100%) · purity-sparse 0 (0%)
Crush Research — n 103 · avg thoroughness 60 · thorough 62 (60%) · purity-sparse 1 (1%)
Pepturion — n 66 · avg thoroughness 34 · thorough 0 (0%) · purity-sparse 46 (70%)
Retalux — n 86 · avg thoroughness 34 · thorough 0 (0%) · purity-sparse 52 (60%)
Lumira — n 71 · avg thoroughness 32 · thorough 0 (0%) · purity-sparse 59 (83%)
Blank Peptides — n 141 · avg thoroughness 32 · thorough 0 (0%) · purity-sparse 71 (50%)
Amino Tech — n 6 · avg thoroughness 29 · thorough 0 (0%) · purity-sparse 6 (100%)
HelixBridge — n 3 · avg thoroughness 29 · thorough 0 (0%) · purity-sparse 3 (100%)
American Peptide Research — n 56 · avg thoroughness 25 · thorough 0 (0%) · purity-sparse 40 (71%)
Peptide Partners — n 307 · avg thoroughness 24 · thorough 22 (7%) · purity-sparse 65 (21%)
BioLongevity Labs — n 77 · avg thoroughness 23 · thorough 0 (0%) · purity-sparse 36 (47%)
SwissChems — n 12 · avg thoroughness 12 · thorough 0 (0%) · purity-sparse 1 (8%)
Paramount Peptides — n 71 · avg thoroughness 12 · thorough 0 (0%) · purity-sparse 46 (65%)

How to read it:

Thoroughness measures how much of the checklist a certificate covers. It is not a purity claim, and a vendor cannot raise it by testing more often.

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Table 03

Thoroughness by lab

What the table shows:

The same definitions, rolled up by matched testing lab rather than by vendor.

Qualifying threshold:: n ≥ 3 public COAs · 15 labs qualify
How it is scored:: Thorough = all four of purity, endotoxin, heavy metals, sterility. Purity-sparse = purity present but those three safety panels missing.

Rows:

ILS Laboratories — n 85 · avg thoroughness 63 · thorough 66 (78%) · purity-sparse 13 (15%)
Bioviridian — n 13 · avg thoroughness 59 · thorough 2 (15%) · purity-sparse 0 (0%)
Krause Analytical — n 123 · avg thoroughness 37 · thorough 0 (0%) · purity-sparse 77 (63%)
Freedom Diagnostics — n 179 · avg thoroughness 35 · thorough 0 (0%) · purity-sparse 83 (46%)
BTLabs — n 53 · avg thoroughness 33 · thorough 0 (0%) · purity-sparse 36 (68%)
Kovera Labs — n 130 · avg thoroughness 31 · thorough 23 (18%) · purity-sparse 0 (0%)
InstaMed — n 5 · avg thoroughness 31 · thorough 0 (0%) · purity-sparse 0 (0%)
MZ Biolabs — n 6 · avg thoroughness 29 · thorough 0 (0%) · purity-sparse 6 (100%)
SideChain Analytics — n 3 · avg thoroughness 29 · thorough 0 (0%) · purity-sparse 3 (100%)
Horizon Analytical — n 79 · avg thoroughness 24 · thorough 0 (0%) · purity-sparse 52 (66%)
Pacific Coast Biologics — n 16 · avg thoroughness 22 · thorough 0 (0%) · purity-sparse 9 (56%)
BioRegen — n 77 · avg thoroughness 21 · thorough 0 (0%) · purity-sparse 36 (47%)
TrustPointe Analytics — n 164 · avg thoroughness 19 · thorough 0 (0%) · purity-sparse 55 (34%)
Janoshik Analytical — n 85 · avg thoroughness 14 · thorough 0 (0%) · purity-sparse 54 (64%)
Qalitex — n 20 · avg thoroughness 3 · thorough 0 (0%) · purity-sparse 0 (0%)

How to read it:

A lab's score reflects the panels its certificates report, which is largely what the vendor ordered — read it alongside the vendor table above.

Trust scores, panel breadth and COA volume for every lab on file: Testing labs

21 vendors on file

Vendors by COA activity

Trust and legitimacy from moderator-approved public COAs. Flagged counts are the concern and fabrication share against clean reports.

Virtus PeptidesMixed signals · trust 61 · 4 COAs · 2 flagged · avg legitimacy 93
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Crush ResearchMixed signals · trust 58 · 103 COAs · 91 flagged · avg legitimacy 87
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American Peptide ResearchMixed signals · trust 56 · 56 COAs · 43 flagged · avg legitimacy 78
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HelixBridgeConcerning · trust 54 · 3 COAs · 3 flagged · avg legitimacy 92
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Protide HealthConcerning · trust 54 · 3 COAs · 0 flagged · avg legitimacy not reported
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RetaluxConcerning · trust 52 · 86 COAs · 79 flagged · avg legitimacy 83
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BioLongevity LabsConcerning · trust 50 · 75 COAs · 69 flagged · avg legitimacy 80
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Peptide PartnersConcerning · trust 48 · 307 COAs · 204 flagged · avg legitimacy 72
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Blank PeptidesConcerning · trust 48 · 141 COAs · 118 flagged · avg legitimacy 71
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Paramount PeptidesConcerning · trust 43 · 65 COAs · 41 flagged · avg legitimacy 58
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SwissChemsConcerning · trust 40 · 12 COAs · 3 flagged · avg legitimacy 51
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Amino TechHigh concern · trust 39 · 6 COAs · 6 flagged · avg legitimacy 75
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LumiraHigh concern · trust 36 · 71 COAs · 70 flagged · avg legitimacy 79
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PepturionHigh concern · trust 36 · 66 COAs · 66 flagged · avg legitimacy 77
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Railion TechNot enough data yet · 2 COAs · 1 flagged · avg legitimacy 82
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AMC EssentialsNot enough data yet · 2 COAs · 2 flagged · avg legitimacy 92
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Peptiva SciencesNot enough data yet · 2 COAs · 2 flagged · avg legitimacy 92
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Hang SciencesNot enough data yet · 1 COA · 1 flagged · avg legitimacy 72
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EZPepsNot enough data yet · 1 COA · 1 flagged · avg legitimacy 92
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Revitalized ResearchNot enough data yet · 1 COA · 1 flagged · avg legitimacy 92
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Padre ResearchNot enough data yet · 1 COA · 1 flagged · avg legitimacy 92
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The state of the peptide market

1,053 auditedpublic certificates.

How the audits land.

COA thoroughness:panels present÷ 7 × 100.

COA thoroughness:panels present÷ 7 × 100.

The seven-panelCOA checklist.

Ranked on public, moderator-approved audits.

Leaderboard detail

Thoroughness by vendor

Thoroughness by lab

Vendors by COA activity

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