{
  "title": "Peptide Local Provider Transparency Pilot 2026",
  "version": "2026-07-19",
  "canonical": "/data/provider-transparency-index",
  "standard": "/standards/provider-transparency",
  "report": "/reports/peptide-provider-transparency-index-2026",
  "boundary": "Seven-provider pilot sample only. The records are not a market ranking and do not establish product identity, purity, quantity, sterility, safety, legality, approval, or fitness for use.",
  "categories": [
    {
      "id": "document_access",
      "label": "Public document access",
      "shortLabel": "Documents",
      "weight": 25,
      "question": "Can a reader reach current analytical documents without first completing a purchase or private request?",
      "scoringRule": "Public, product-linked, and lot-aware routes receive more credit than request-only or general testing claims."
    },
    {
      "id": "lab_method_disclosure",
      "label": "Laboratory and method disclosure",
      "shortLabel": "Lab and method",
      "weight": 15,
      "question": "Does the public record identify laboratories, methods, or the analytical scope represented by a report?",
      "scoringRule": "Named laboratories and methods receive more credit. Seller statements remain claims unless independently established."
    },
    {
      "id": "lot_traceability",
      "label": "Lot and report traceability",
      "shortLabel": "Traceability",
      "weight": 15,
      "question": "Can a document be matched to a product, nominal size, lot or batch, and current report date?",
      "scoringRule": "Direct lot matching and current report routes receive more credit than catalog-wide or undated documents."
    },
    {
      "id": "business_identity",
      "label": "Business identity and scope",
      "shortLabel": "Identity",
      "weight": 15,
      "question": "Does the provider publish a consistent identity, market scope, research-use boundary, and stable source route?",
      "scoringRule": "This checks published identity and scope, not licensing, ownership, incorporation, or regulatory approval."
    },
    {
      "id": "policy_clarity",
      "label": "Commercial policy clarity",
      "shortLabel": "Policies",
      "weight": 10,
      "question": "Are shipping charges, thresholds, geographic limits, fulfillment conditions, and material restrictions visible?",
      "scoringRule": "Complete public rates and conditions receive more credit than threshold-only or checkout-only information."
    },
    {
      "id": "review_evidence",
      "label": "Review evidence quality",
      "shortLabel": "Reviews",
      "weight": 10,
      "question": "How useful is the visible external review sample for examining recurring service patterns?",
      "scoringRule": "The score reflects sample depth and source confidence, never positive sentiment, health outcomes, or product quality claims."
    },
    {
      "id": "correction_responsiveness",
      "label": "Correction responsiveness",
      "shortLabel": "Response",
      "weight": 10,
      "question": "Has the provider supplied a specific source correction or documented response under the published policy?",
      "scoringRule": "The inaugural baseline awards no points until a dated provider exchange is documented. Paying, linking, or partnering cannot add points."
    }
  ],
  "dictionary": {
    "rank": "Position inside the seven-provider pilot sample after sorting the evidence-transparency score. It is not a market rank.",
    "total_score": "Sum of seven published category scores out of 100. It is not a safety, purity, sterility, or product-quality score.",
    "standard_met": "False for every pilot record while market-wide qualification and independent test review are in progress.",
    "document_access_score": "Public access to current product, lot, or batch analytical documents, scored out of 25.",
    "lab_method_disclosure_score": "Public laboratory, method, or analytical-scope disclosure, scored out of 15.",
    "lot_traceability_score": "Ability to match a report to product, nominal size, lot or batch, and date, scored out of 15.",
    "business_identity_score": "Consistency of published business identity, market scope, and research-use boundary, scored out of 15.",
    "policy_clarity_score": "Visibility of shipping, geographic, fulfillment, and material restrictions, scored out of 10.",
    "review_evidence_score": "External review sample depth and source confidence, scored out of 10 without using positive sentiment.",
    "correction_responsiveness_score": "Dated provider correction or source-response record, scored out of 10. The inaugural baseline assigns zero until an exchange is documented.",
    "document_access_sources": "Public source routes attached to the document-access finding.",
    "lab_method_disclosure_sources": "Public source routes attached to the laboratory and method finding.",
    "lot_traceability_sources": "Public source routes attached to the lot and report traceability finding.",
    "business_identity_sources": "Public source routes attached to the business identity and scope finding.",
    "policy_clarity_sources": "Public source routes attached to the commercial policy finding.",
    "review_evidence_sources": "External review source route attached to the review-evidence finding, when qualified.",
    "correction_responsiveness_sources": "Public source routes attached to a dated provider correction or response. Empty in the inaugural baseline.",
    "source_urls": "Pipe-separated public routes used by the vendor evidence and review records.",
    "boundary": "Required interpretation limit attached to every record."
  },
  "records": [
    {
      "rank": 1,
      "provider_slug": "purgo-labs",
      "provider_name": "Purgo Labs",
      "total_score": 77,
      "maximum_score": 100,
      "standard_met": false,
      "document_access_score": 24,
      "lab_method_disclosure_score": 11,
      "lot_traceability_score": 14,
      "business_identity_score": 11,
      "policy_clarity_score": 9,
      "review_evidence_score": 8,
      "correction_responsiveness_score": 0,
      "document_access_sources": [
        "https://www.purgolabs.com/lab-reports"
      ],
      "lab_method_disclosure_sources": [
        "https://www.purgolabs.com/lab-reports"
      ],
      "lot_traceability_sources": [
        "https://www.purgolabs.com/lab-reports"
      ],
      "business_identity_sources": [
        "https://www.purgolabs.com/",
        "https://www.purgolabs.com/terms"
      ],
      "policy_clarity_sources": [
        "https://www.purgolabs.com/shipping",
        "https://www.purgolabs.com/terms"
      ],
      "review_evidence_sources": [
        "https://www.trustpilot.com/review/purgolabs.com"
      ],
      "correction_responsiveness_sources": [],
      "checked": "2026-07-19",
      "provider_profile": "/vendors/purgo-labs",
      "transparency_record": "/standards/provider-transparency/providers/purgo-labs",
      "source_urls": [
        "https://www.purgolabs.com/",
        "https://www.purgolabs.com/lab-reports",
        "https://www.purgolabs.com/shipping",
        "https://www.purgolabs.com/terms",
        "https://www.trustpilot.com/review/purgolabs.com"
      ],
      "boundary": "This seven-provider pilot measures public evidence access within a pre-existing price-tracking sample. It is not a market-wide ranking and does not establish identity, purity, quantity, sterility, safety, legality, regulatory approval, or fitness for use."
    },
    {
      "rank": 2,
      "provider_slug": "pure-health-peptides",
      "provider_name": "Pure Health Peptides",
      "total_score": 71,
      "maximum_score": 100,
      "standard_met": false,
      "document_access_score": 24,
      "lab_method_disclosure_score": 12,
      "lot_traceability_score": 14,
      "business_identity_score": 12,
      "policy_clarity_score": 8,
      "review_evidence_score": 1,
      "correction_responsiveness_score": 0,
      "document_access_sources": [
        "https://purehealthpeptides.com/coa-library/"
      ],
      "lab_method_disclosure_sources": [
        "https://purehealthpeptides.com/coa-library/"
      ],
      "lot_traceability_sources": [
        "https://purehealthpeptides.com/coa-library/"
      ],
      "business_identity_sources": [
        "https://purehealthpeptides.com/",
        "https://purehealthpeptides.com/terms-and-conditions/"
      ],
      "policy_clarity_sources": [
        "https://purehealthpeptides.com/terms-and-conditions/"
      ],
      "review_evidence_sources": [
        "https://www.trustpilot.com/review/purehealthpeptides.com"
      ],
      "correction_responsiveness_sources": [],
      "checked": "2026-07-19",
      "provider_profile": "/vendors/pure-health-peptides",
      "transparency_record": "/standards/provider-transparency/providers/pure-health-peptides",
      "source_urls": [
        "https://purehealthpeptides.com/",
        "https://purehealthpeptides.com/coa-library/",
        "https://purehealthpeptides.com/product/bpc-157/?attribute_weight=10mg",
        "https://purehealthpeptides.com/product/ghk-cu/?attribute_weight=100mg",
        "https://purehealthpeptides.com/terms-and-conditions/",
        "https://www.trustpilot.com/review/purehealthpeptides.com"
      ],
      "boundary": "This seven-provider pilot measures public evidence access within a pre-existing price-tracking sample. It is not a market-wide ranking and does not establish identity, purity, quantity, sterility, safety, legality, regulatory approval, or fitness for use."
    },
    {
      "rank": 3,
      "provider_slug": "prime-peptides",
      "provider_name": "Prime Peptides",
      "total_score": 70,
      "maximum_score": 100,
      "standard_met": false,
      "document_access_score": 22,
      "lab_method_disclosure_score": 12,
      "lot_traceability_score": 13,
      "business_identity_score": 12,
      "policy_clarity_score": 10,
      "review_evidence_score": 1,
      "correction_responsiveness_score": 0,
      "document_access_sources": [
        "https://primepeptides.co/testing/"
      ],
      "lab_method_disclosure_sources": [
        "https://primepeptides.co/testing/"
      ],
      "lot_traceability_sources": [
        "https://primepeptides.co/testing/"
      ],
      "business_identity_sources": [
        "https://primepeptides.co/"
      ],
      "policy_clarity_sources": [
        "https://primepeptides.co/shipping-policy/"
      ],
      "review_evidence_sources": [
        "https://peptigrity.com/shops/primepeptides-co"
      ],
      "correction_responsiveness_sources": [],
      "checked": "2026-07-19",
      "provider_profile": "/vendors/prime-peptides",
      "transparency_record": "/standards/provider-transparency/providers/prime-peptides",
      "source_urls": [
        "https://primepeptides.co/",
        "https://primepeptides.co/testing/",
        "https://primepeptides.co/shipping-policy/",
        "https://peptigrity.com/shops/primepeptides-co"
      ],
      "boundary": "This seven-provider pilot measures public evidence access within a pre-existing price-tracking sample. It is not a market-wide ranking and does not establish identity, purity, quantity, sterility, safety, legality, regulatory approval, or fitness for use."
    },
    {
      "rank": 4,
      "provider_slug": "biotech-peptides",
      "provider_name": "Biotech Peptides",
      "total_score": 61,
      "maximum_score": 100,
      "standard_met": false,
      "document_access_score": 22,
      "lab_method_disclosure_score": 10,
      "lot_traceability_score": 12,
      "business_identity_score": 10,
      "policy_clarity_score": 6,
      "review_evidence_score": 1,
      "correction_responsiveness_score": 0,
      "document_access_sources": [
        "https://biotechpeptides.com/product/bpc-157/",
        "https://biotechpeptides.com/product/tb-500-10mg/",
        "https://biotechpeptides.com/product/mots-c-10mg/",
        "https://biotechpeptides.com/product/tesamorelin/",
        "https://biotechpeptides.com/product/aod-9604-5mg/",
        "https://biotechpeptides.com/product/pt-141-10mg-bremelanotide/"
      ],
      "lab_method_disclosure_sources": [
        "https://biotechpeptides.com/"
      ],
      "lot_traceability_sources": [
        "https://biotechpeptides.com/product/bpc-157/",
        "https://biotechpeptides.com/product/tb-500-10mg/",
        "https://biotechpeptides.com/product/mots-c-10mg/",
        "https://biotechpeptides.com/product/tesamorelin/",
        "https://biotechpeptides.com/product/aod-9604-5mg/",
        "https://biotechpeptides.com/product/pt-141-10mg-bremelanotide/"
      ],
      "business_identity_sources": [
        "https://biotechpeptides.com/"
      ],
      "policy_clarity_sources": [
        "https://biotechpeptides.com/"
      ],
      "review_evidence_sources": [
        "https://www.reviews.io/company-reviews/store/biotechpeptides-com"
      ],
      "correction_responsiveness_sources": [],
      "checked": "2026-07-19",
      "provider_profile": "/vendors/biotech-peptides",
      "transparency_record": "/standards/provider-transparency/providers/biotech-peptides",
      "source_urls": [
        "https://biotechpeptides.com/",
        "https://biotechpeptides.com/product/bpc-157/",
        "https://biotechpeptides.com/product/tb-500-10mg/",
        "https://biotechpeptides.com/product/mots-c-10mg/",
        "https://biotechpeptides.com/product/tesamorelin/",
        "https://biotechpeptides.com/product/aod-9604-5mg/",
        "https://biotechpeptides.com/product/pt-141-10mg-bremelanotide/",
        "https://www.reviews.io/company-reviews/store/biotechpeptides-com"
      ],
      "boundary": "This seven-provider pilot measures public evidence access within a pre-existing price-tracking sample. It is not a market-wide ranking and does not establish identity, purity, quantity, sterility, safety, legality, regulatory approval, or fitness for use."
    },
    {
      "rank": 5,
      "provider_slug": "core-peptides",
      "provider_name": "Core Peptides",
      "total_score": 54,
      "maximum_score": 100,
      "standard_met": false,
      "document_access_score": 18,
      "lab_method_disclosure_score": 8,
      "lot_traceability_score": 10,
      "business_identity_score": 11,
      "policy_clarity_score": 6,
      "review_evidence_score": 1,
      "correction_responsiveness_score": 0,
      "document_access_sources": [
        "https://www.corepeptides.com/"
      ],
      "lab_method_disclosure_sources": [
        "https://www.corepeptides.com/"
      ],
      "lot_traceability_sources": [
        "https://www.corepeptides.com/"
      ],
      "business_identity_sources": [
        "https://www.corepeptides.com/",
        "https://www.corepeptides.com/about-us/",
        "https://www.corepeptides.com/terms/"
      ],
      "policy_clarity_sources": [
        "https://www.corepeptides.com/about-us/",
        "https://www.corepeptides.com/terms/"
      ],
      "review_evidence_sources": [
        "https://www.reviews.io/company-reviews/store/corepeptides-com"
      ],
      "correction_responsiveness_sources": [],
      "checked": "2026-07-19",
      "provider_profile": "/vendors/core-peptides",
      "transparency_record": "/standards/provider-transparency/providers/core-peptides",
      "source_urls": [
        "https://www.corepeptides.com/",
        "https://www.corepeptides.com/about-us/",
        "https://www.corepeptides.com/terms/",
        "https://www.reviews.io/company-reviews/store/corepeptides-com"
      ],
      "boundary": "This seven-provider pilot measures public evidence access within a pre-existing price-tracking sample. It is not a market-wide ranking and does not establish identity, purity, quantity, sterility, safety, legality, regulatory approval, or fitness for use."
    },
    {
      "rank": 6,
      "provider_slug": "aminocore-research",
      "provider_name": "AminoCore Research",
      "total_score": 50,
      "maximum_score": 100,
      "standard_met": false,
      "document_access_score": 14,
      "lab_method_disclosure_score": 10,
      "lot_traceability_score": 9,
      "business_identity_score": 10,
      "policy_clarity_score": 7,
      "review_evidence_score": 0,
      "correction_responsiveness_score": 0,
      "document_access_sources": [
        "https://aminocoreresearch.com/",
        "https://aminocoreresearch.com/articles/understanding-coa-certificates-of-analysis-research-peptides",
        "https://aminocoreresearch.com/articles/third-party-testing-research-peptides-purity-potency-safety"
      ],
      "lab_method_disclosure_sources": [
        "https://aminocoreresearch.com/",
        "https://aminocoreresearch.com/articles/understanding-coa-certificates-of-analysis-research-peptides",
        "https://aminocoreresearch.com/articles/third-party-testing-research-peptides-purity-potency-safety"
      ],
      "lot_traceability_sources": [
        "https://aminocoreresearch.com/articles/understanding-coa-certificates-of-analysis-research-peptides",
        "https://aminocoreresearch.com/articles/third-party-testing-research-peptides-purity-potency-safety"
      ],
      "business_identity_sources": [
        "https://aminocoreresearch.com/"
      ],
      "policy_clarity_sources": [
        "https://aminocoreresearch.com/"
      ],
      "review_evidence_sources": [],
      "correction_responsiveness_sources": [],
      "checked": "2026-07-19",
      "provider_profile": "/vendors/aminocore-research",
      "transparency_record": "/standards/provider-transparency/providers/aminocore-research",
      "source_urls": [
        "https://aminocoreresearch.com/",
        "https://aminocoreresearch.com/articles/understanding-coa-certificates-of-analysis-research-peptides",
        "https://aminocoreresearch.com/articles/third-party-testing-research-peptides-purity-potency-safety"
      ],
      "boundary": "This seven-provider pilot measures public evidence access within a pre-existing price-tracking sample. It is not a market-wide ranking and does not establish identity, purity, quantity, sterility, safety, legality, regulatory approval, or fitness for use."
    },
    {
      "rank": 7,
      "provider_slug": "pepta-labs",
      "provider_name": "Pepta Labs",
      "total_score": 46,
      "maximum_score": 100,
      "standard_met": false,
      "document_access_score": 10,
      "lab_method_disclosure_score": 10,
      "lot_traceability_score": 8,
      "business_identity_score": 10,
      "policy_clarity_score": 7,
      "review_evidence_score": 1,
      "correction_responsiveness_score": 0,
      "document_access_sources": [
        "https://peptalabs.com/quality",
        "https://peptalabs.com/faq"
      ],
      "lab_method_disclosure_sources": [
        "https://peptalabs.com/quality"
      ],
      "lot_traceability_sources": [
        "https://peptalabs.com/quality",
        "https://peptalabs.com/faq"
      ],
      "business_identity_sources": [
        "https://peptalabs.com/"
      ],
      "policy_clarity_sources": [
        "https://peptalabs.com/faq"
      ],
      "review_evidence_sources": [
        "https://www.trustpilot.com/review/peptalabs.com"
      ],
      "correction_responsiveness_sources": [],
      "checked": "2026-07-19",
      "provider_profile": "/vendors/pepta-labs",
      "transparency_record": "/standards/provider-transparency/providers/pepta-labs",
      "source_urls": [
        "https://peptalabs.com/",
        "https://peptalabs.com/quality",
        "https://peptalabs.com/faq",
        "https://www.trustpilot.com/review/peptalabs.com"
      ],
      "boundary": "This seven-provider pilot measures public evidence access within a pre-existing price-tracking sample. It is not a market-wide ranking and does not establish identity, purity, quantity, sterility, safety, legality, regulatory approval, or fitness for use."
    }
  ]
}