How we verify, and what we have not yet tested
Peptide Scanner reports on suppliers with the method and restraint of a testing body. These are the shared patterns that carry that credibility — and that state, plainly, the limits of what we currently know.
We only show as much confidence as our evidence supports. If we have not tested something, we say so.
Why a score can't pass 60 until we test it
The 0–100 PSV Trust Score is built from four weighted pillars. A supplier cannot pass 60 until we have run our own independent lab test — and the score states that cap out loud, rather than hiding a ceiling.
The lab-tested example is illustrative of the model. Our independent testing programme is rolling out — no supplier in the catalog currently carries a completed PSV lab result, so every tracked supplier is shown at the honest, capped state today.
The three badges and what each means
A badge is a claim, so it carries how the claim was earned. Verified states our test date; Tracked says plainly that monitoring is not testing; Flagged is reserved for evidenced risk.
Reserved for documented signals (counterfeit or non-delivery reports). Never applied speculatively.
We keep the supplier's claim separate from our test
A self-reported certificate and an independent assay are different kinds of evidence, so they sit in separate columns. When we have not tested, our side says so — calmly, as a queue position, not a blank.
What our test does — and does not — prove
A measured limitation reads as more authoritative than a confident overreach. Every formal result carries a plain-language note of its boundaries.
We have not independently tested this supplier. We can report what is publicly observable — pricing, listing history and supplier-provided documents — but no PSV lab result exists yet. Absence of a result is not a negative finding.
A completed test measures identity and purity of the active peptide for one batch on one date. It is not a guarantee of future batches, nor a claim about safety or clinical effect.