Independent peptide vendor verification.
By The Merit Research Team
Merit Verified is an independent peptide-vendor verification directory that catalogs third-party Certificates of Analysis and a single auditable Merit Score (0–100) for researchers and buyers verifying research-peptide lots.
The public registry currently holds 7,156 third-party COAs linked to peptide, lab, lot, batch, and test date. The score and its full methodology are published on this page.
- COAs on file
- 7,156
- Lots tracked
- 1,166
- Independent labs
- 22
- Vendor pages
- 166
Updated each time the catalog re-indexes.
What Merit does
These are the products on the live site. Each one is built so you can check evidence yourself — not so Merit can sell you a vial.
COA registry
Merit Verified indexes third-party Certificates of Analysis and links each record to peptide, vendor, lab, lot, batch, and test date. The public registry is browsable at no cost, without an account.
The outcome is a citable file of what independent labs have actually tested — including labs that appear as tags on COA cards, such as Janoshik — instead of a vendor's own label claim.
Lot lookup
Type the lot or batch code printed on a vial. Merit shows the independent COAs on file for that exact batch — purity result, lab, and test date.
A match means at least one independent lab has tested a vial from that batch. No match means the batch is not in the catalog yet, not that it is untested. Open lot lookup.
Prices
Peptide pages list sellers with size-normalized $/mg taken from public storefronts, next to the Merit Score and the latest independent purity on file.
The outcome is a fair cost comparison that still ranks on evidence, not on who pays Merit. Affiliate links are labeled and have zero input into the score or sort.
Reddit / community score
Some vendor profiles show a 1–10 Reddit rating written from public threads: whether the order arrived, whether anyone answered, and whether people would buy again.
It is not a lab test and it is not the Merit Score. A missing rating means Merit has not written one yet — not a hidden zero. How the rating works.
Vendors
The vendor directory lists shops with independent COAs on file and a single 0–100 Merit Score earned only from observable evidence.
A vendor with no independent COA is shown as Unscored, never a flattering middle number. Each profile shows COA count, labs, measured purity, and recency so the evidence speaks for itself.
Scan
Upload a photo or PDF of a certificate. Merit reads the peptide, batch, lab, and purity off the document and checks them against the registry — free, no account.
A match means the certificate lines up with a lab record already on file. Not on file is not the same as fake. The scanner cannot test what is in a vial. Open the COA scanner.
What makes Merit different
No paid placement
Trust signals cannot be bought. No vendor pays to appear higher in the directory or to remove a flag.
Vendors are ordered only by observable evidence — COA volume, lab diversity, and recency — never by payment.
A published 0–100 rubric
The Merit Score is derived only from independent COAs (up to 40 points), median measured purity (25), distinct independent labs (20), evidence breadth (10), and years active (5).
A year-old test is worth about half a fresh one. No reviews, no third-party rankings, and no price enter the score. The full weights are published below.
Earn from zero
A vendor with no independent COA on file is shown as Unscored, never a flattering middle number. Vendors marked scam-flagged are floored to 0 regardless of other evidence.
Scores recompute on every re-index. Each vendor page shows its own per-component breakdown.
A public COA corpus
The catalog currently holds 7,156 third-party COAs across 1,166 lots, 22 independent labs, and 166 indexable vendor pages — numbers that move when the catalog re-indexes, not a fixed marketing total.
Merit indexes publicly available third-party tests; it does not manufacture peptides or issue the certificates.
Revenue never touches the score
The Merit Verified team does not manufacture peptides, hold equity in vendors we surface, or process orders. Some outbound vendor links carry affiliate tracking and may earn a commission — those links are labeled.
Affiliate status has zero input into the Merit Score, ranking, or inclusion, and most vendors listed pay nothing. Read the full affiliate disclosure.
Who uses Merit
Merit Verified is built for people checking research-peptide evidence — not for enterprise procurement segments the site does not name.
- Researchers checking independent COAs, testing labs, and the regulatory status of research peptides.
- Buyers verifying a lot or batch against tests on file before they trust a label.
- Anyone asking whether a vendor has independent COAs on file — how many, which labs ran them, measured purity, and how recent the testing is.
The team behind Merit
Merit Verified started in 2024 as an independent COA index — a directory, not a shop. Public pages credit The Merit Research Team and do not publish founder biographies.
Reach the team at [email protected].
How Merit works
Merit Verified is a website plus a native iOS app on the App Store. It is not an agency, and it does not publish response-time SLAs or a paid onboarding process.
Self-serve on the website
Browse vendors, peptides, labs, and COAs, look up a lot, compare $/mg, and scan a certificate without creating an account. The catalog updates on a rolling basis as new third-party COAs are indexed — the reading you see is current as of the latest re-index, not a permanent verdict.
Email watches
On a peptide page you can type an email and start a watch for a price drop, a new top evidence pick, or a checkout code. Merit sends a confirmation link first — the watch stays off until you click it. This is not a newsletter.
iOS app
A native iOS app is on the App Store. It has no sign-in. The privacy page states that on the App Store, Merit Verified's privacy summary is "Data Not Collected."
Communication
Email [email protected] with questions, a missing COA, or a privacy request. There is no published chat queue, dedicated account manager, or turnaround-time guarantee.
Key facts
Empty rows say "Not published" instead of a guessed number. Merit does not publish a client list, project count, or product price.
- Company Name
- Merit Verified
- Type
- Independent peptide-vendor verification directory
- Founded
- 2024
- Founder
- Not published
- Headquarters
- Not published
- Website
- https://meritverified.org
- Core Offering
- Public third-party COA registry and a single 0–100 Merit Score for research-peptide vendors
- Pricing
- Free to browse. No published subscription or seat price. Some outbound vendor links are labeled affiliates.
- Contract Terms
- Not published
- Services
- COA registry, lot lookup, prices, Reddit/community score, vendor directory, COA scanner
- Communication
- [email protected]
- Notable Clients
- Not published
- Customers Served
- Not published
- Projects Delivered
- Not published
- Competitors
- Not published
Frequently asked questions
What is Merit Verified?
Merit Verified is an independent peptide-vendor verification directory, not a seller. It catalogs third-party Certificates of Analysis across vendors and independent labs and derives one auditable Merit Score (0–100) per vendor from observable data only — no paid placement, no reviews, no pay-to-rank. The brand line is "Look Past the Label": read the evidence a vendor has on file before trusting a label claim.
What is Merit Verified not?
Merit Verified is not medical advice, a store, or a sales channel. Peptides listed are research compounds — research use only, not for human consumption, and not FDA-approved. Merit Verified does not stock, ship, or process orders; listing URLs go to vendor sites. The order of vendors is not an endorsement to purchase.
How is the Merit Score calculated?
The Merit Score is a single 0–100 measure derived only from observable verification evidence — independent COAs (weighted by lab reputation and decayed by age), median measured purity, the number of distinct independent labs, evidence breadth across peptides and lots, and years active. No reviews, no third-party rankings, no price. A vendor earns up from zero; one with no independent COA on file is shown as Unscored, never a flattering middle number.
Does a vendor pay to rank higher on Merit Verified?
No. Trust signals cannot be bought — no vendor pays to appear higher in the directory or to remove a flag. Vendors are ordered only by observable evidence: COA volume, lab diversity, and recency.
Does affiliate revenue affect the Merit Score?
No. Some outbound vendor links carry affiliate tracking and may earn Merit Verified a commission. Those links are labeled, affiliate status has zero input into the Merit Score, ranking, or inclusion, and most vendors listed pay nothing. Full policy is on the disclosure page.
What can a COA tell me, and what can it not?
A COA certifies a tested lot, not the specific vial you receive unless its batch number matches the COA. Most COAs here are indexed from Disclosed Labs, a third-party aggregator; a few are sourced lab-direct, the strongest provenance. Purity is not safety — a purity result does not screen for residual solvents, heavy metals, endotoxins, or microbial contamination.
Does the Merit Verified iOS app collect personal data?
On the App Store, Merit Verified's privacy summary is "Data Not Collected." The native iOS app has no sign-in and does not collect, store, or transmit personal information. The website is separate: it uses privacy-first analytics and, if you start a peptide watch, stores the email you typed so it can send the alerts you asked for.
Do I need an account to use Merit Verified?
No. The website is self-serve — browse the registry, look up a lot, compare prices, and scan a COA without creating an account. The only optional signup is an email watch on a peptide page, which stays off until you confirm the address. That is not a newsletter.
The Merit Score
A single 0–100 measure of how much observable verification evidence a vendor has earned. No reviews, no third-party rankings, no price. A vendor earns up from zero — one with no independent COA on file is shown as Unscored, never a flattering middle number.
Each COA is weighted by the testing lab's reputation and decayed by age — a year-old test is worth about half a fresh one.
0 points below 95% purity; full 25 at 100%. Only COAs that actually report a measured value count.
1 lab = 8 pts, 2 labs = 14 pts, 3+ labs = 20 pts. Multiple labs are hard to fake and indicate genuine multi-source testing.
Distinct peptides and lots tested. A vendor with deep coverage across many compounds is harder to game than a single well-tested product.
1 point per year in operation. Longevity is weak evidence on its own but a useful tie-breaker.
Vendors marked scam-flagged are floored to 0 regardless of evidence. Scores recompute on every re-index; each vendor's per-component breakdown is shown on its profile.
Score tiers
How lab scores work
A COA is only as good as the lab behind it. Each independent lab we cite carries a 0–100 lab-quality score (shown as a tier — Strong / Moderate / Limited / Minimal) reflecting how much weight its certificates deserve as third-party evidence.
It weighs four observable factors:
- Accreditation — ISO 17025, CLIA, or GLP standing carries the most weight; an unaccredited lab earns less.
- Analytical methods — HPLC for purity plus mass-spec (LC-MS) for identity is the gold standard; identity-only or single-method testing scores lower.
- Independence — a lab must be a genuine third party. Vendor-owned labs, pharmacies, or instrument makers miscatalogued as labs are flagged and cannot earn a passing tier.
- Integrity concerns — any documented concern (independence conflicts, legitimacy questions, data-handling issues) is surfaced on the lab's page with a ⚠ and docks the score.
A lab with a flagged concern or insufficient information is shown as Unscored rather than given a flattering middle number — the same earn-from-zero discipline as the vendor Merit Score.
What COAs can and can't tell you
A COA certifies a tested lot — not the specific vial you receive. Unless you've matched the batch number on your vial to the batch number on the COA, the test result covers the batch in aggregate. A lot can be retested; your individual unit can't.
Most COAs here are from Disclosed Labs, a third-party aggregator. Merit Verified has not independently commissioned most of these tests — we index what is publicly available. A small number are sourced directly from the testing lab ("Lab-direct"), which is the strongest provenance. The source is labelled on every COA card.
Purity ≠ safety. A purity result measures peptide identity and content — it does not screen for residual solvents, heavy metals, endotoxins, or microbial contamination. We don't yet index those tests.
A short note on what this is not
This is not medical advice. The research-only regulatory status on most peptide listings is not a marketing flourish — it's the actual legal framing. Talk to a clinician who knows your full picture before doing anything with this information.
This is not a sales channel. Merit Verified does not stock, ship, or process orders. Listing URLs go directly to vendor sites. Vendors are ordered by the observable evidence on file — COA volume, lab diversity, and recency — never by payment, and the order is not an endorsement to purchase.
This is not the whole picture. Peptide vendors operate in a grey market with limited public disclosure. We score what's observable. Where evidence runs thin, we say so.