AminoWave Labs Review
Scored 5.87/10 on the published Peptide Source Review formula: lab credibility, shipping, pricing, operating history, and transparency.
- COAs on file
- 10
COAs on file
- Confirmed at the lab
- 9
Confirmed at the lab
- Products
- 12
Products
- Labs
- 1
Labs
5.87/ 10
Last scored
No testing cap
- Lab credibility and recency55%6.6 (show how this was scored)
- Shipping and refund20%4.0 (show how this was scored)
- Pricing15%8.5 (show how this was scored)
- Operating history5%1.2 (show how this was scored)
- Business transparency5%2.0 (show how this was scored)
Weights are fixed for every vendor. Select a row to see how it was scored.
Is AminoWave Labs legit?
AminoWave Labs scores 5.87 out of 10 (Fair, #62 of 100) as of November 6, 2026 and passes our testing gate: 10 of the 11 products we score carry a certificate, 9 confirmed with the issuing lab (a lab we grade A). Its strongest area is pricing (8.5/10); its weakest is operating history (1.2/10), with about five months of records. We also record that one certificate reports a failed result.
On lab evidence, the heaviest-weighted factor, AminoWave Labs has independently verified third-party COAs, with COA work on record from Freedom Diagnostics Testing. Its lowest price per milligram in our data is on NAD+ (see the table below).
How this score was calculated
Every point below follows the published tables in our methodology, with the policy wording we scored and a link to where we read it. Evidence last checked October 27, 2026. Lab credibility is worked product by product from the certificates on file.
Lab credibility6.6/10
Each carried product (lab supplies excluded) is scored from the certificate on file for it, on the published lab rubric: 3 for a published certificate, then points for the laboratory, the verification key, the tests on the certificate and its purity, held to 0 to 10. A certificate that is self-issued, names no laboratory, or comes from a laboratory whose independence is not established scores a flat 2.0; a product with no certificate, a certificate the laboratory’s own record fails, or a posted copy that differs materially from the laboratory’s copy scores 0. Calculated on , the day this page was built; the date each certificate was tested is shown on its row.
- Retatrutide8.5
Certificate from Freedom Diagnostics Testing, tier A · tested 2026-07-11
- 3.0Certificate published (base)
- +2.0Laboratory in our directory at tier A (Freedom Diagnostics Testing)
- +1.5Verification key printed
- +1.5Key confirmed at the laboratory's own site
- +0.5Purity 99.81% (99.7% or higher)
- Tirzepatide8.5
Certificate from Freedom Diagnostics Testing, tier A · tested 2026-05-23
- 3.0Certificate published (base)
- +2.0Laboratory in our directory at tier A (Freedom Diagnostics Testing)
- +1.5Verification key printed
- +1.5Key confirmed at the laboratory's own site
- +0.5Purity 99.77% (99.7% or higher)
Certificate from Freedom Diagnostics Testing, tier A · tested 2026-07-11
- 3.0Certificate published (base)
- +2.0Laboratory in our directory at tier A (Freedom Diagnostics Testing)
- +1.5Verification key printed
- +1.5Key confirmed at the laboratory's own site
- 0.0Purity 99.55% (99.0% up to but not including 99.7%)
- KLOW8.5
Certificate from Freedom Diagnostics Testing, tier A · tested 2026-05-23
- 3.0Certificate published (base)
- +2.0Laboratory in our directory at tier A (Freedom Diagnostics Testing)
- +1.5Verification key printed
- +1.5Key confirmed at the laboratory's own site
- +0.5Purity 99.87% (99.7% or higher)
- Epitalon8.0
Certificate from Freedom Diagnostics Testing, tier A · tested 2026-05-23
- 3.0Certificate published (base)
- +2.0Laboratory in our directory at tier A (Freedom Diagnostics Testing)
- +1.5Verification key printed
- +1.5Key confirmed at the laboratory's own site
- 0.0Purity 99.64% (99.0% up to but not including 99.7%)
- NAD+8.5
Certificate from Freedom Diagnostics Testing, tier A · tested 2026-05-23
- 3.0Certificate published (base)
- +2.0Laboratory in our directory at tier A (Freedom Diagnostics Testing)
- +1.5Verification key printed
- +1.5Key confirmed at the laboratory's own site
- +0.5Purity 99.88% (99.7% or higher)
- 5-Amino-1MQ8.5
Certificate from Freedom Diagnostics Testing, tier A · tested 2026-08-27
- 3.0Certificate published (base)
- +2.0Laboratory in our directory at tier A (Freedom Diagnostics Testing)
- +1.5Verification key printed
- +1.5Key confirmed at the laboratory's own site
- +0.5Purity 99.9% (99.7% or higher)
- KPV8.5
Certificate from Freedom Diagnostics Testing, tier A · tested 2026-08-27
- 3.0Certificate published (base)
- +2.0Laboratory in our directory at tier A (Freedom Diagnostics Testing)
- +1.5Verification key printed
- +1.5Key confirmed at the laboratory's own site
- +0.5Purity 99.83% (99.7% or higher)
- Semax8.5
Certificate from Freedom Diagnostics Testing, tier A · tested 2026-08-24
- 3.0Certificate published (base)
- +2.0Laboratory in our directory at tier A (Freedom Diagnostics Testing)
- +1.5Verification key printed
- +1.5Key confirmed at the laboratory's own site
- +0.5Purity 99.85% (99.7% or higher)
- Selank0.0
Certificate from Freedom Diagnostics Testing, tier A · tested 2026-08-24
- 0.00: the certificate itself reports a failed result (the vendor's posted copy prints 'Identity: Failed', with the LC-MS identity row reading 'N-Acetyl Selank Amidate')
- Tesamorelin0.0
No certificate on file for this product: scores 0, counted fully because it is one of the core products.
Mean of 11 products: 75.5 ÷ 11 = 6.864.
- −0.30CLAIM Claims the certificates do not support (cap −0.3; −0.30 entered, held to the cap): the site states every batch is tested by an ISO/IEC 17025 accredited laboratory; every posted certificate is from Freedom Diagnostics Testing, which the A2LA register does not list and which publishes no accreditation; the store's Quality Standard page says batches are tested by MZ Biolabs and Janoshik Analytical; every posted certificate is from Freedom Diagnostics Testing; the site says identity is confirmed by laboratory analysis before any batch is listed; the posted Selank certificate for the lot on sale (SK10926) reports identity failed
6.864 − 0.300 = 6.564, rounded to 0.1: 6.6/10.
Testing gate: 9 of 11 products have a certificate from a directory laboratory (not tier D, not self-issued) with the key confirmed at the laboratory. That is at least half, so the vendor counts as third-party tested and no cap applies.
Shipping and refunds4.0/10
- +1
Returns and refunds
Store policy: "ALL SALES ARE FINAL. ... we do not accept returns, exchanges, or product send-backs under any circumstances"; aminowavelabs.com refund policy, wrong item: "We'll make it right at no cost to you."
The store's Shipping and Returns policy makes all sales final; the storefront's refund policy puts a wrong item right. Scored on the less favourable policy with the put-right statement counted, as for Ameano Peptides (rule B1: 1). The 30-day unopened return on aminowavelabs.com is the subject of the contradiction deduction below.
shop.aminowavelabs.com (opens in new tab) source 2 (opens in new tab)checked
- +1
Lost or damaged parcels
Store policy: "AminoWave Labs is not responsible for packages that are lost, stolen, delayed, damaged in transit ... The customer is responsible for contacting UPS to initiate any available trace, investigation, claim"
The store's policy leaves lost and damaged parcels to a carrier claim (rule B2: 1); the storefront's pages promise a replacement or refund under included shipment protection. Scored on the less favourable statement.
shop.aminowavelabs.com (opens in new tab) source 2 (opens in new tab) source 3 (opens in new tab)checked
- +0.5
Dispatch time
Store policy: "Processing times may vary. Estimated shipping or delivery timeframes are not guaranteed"; aminowavelabs.com: "Orders placed before 2:00 PM EST on business days ship the same day"
Two statements conflict; rule B3 scores the less favourable one (processing times vary: 0.5) and takes no contradiction deduction for this pair.
shop.aminowavelabs.com (opens in new tab) source 2 (opens in new tab)checked
- +1
Tracking on all orders
"Tracking is emailed as soon as your label is created."
- 0
Payment you can dispute
Store API cart: payment_methods ["aw_redirect"] (one redirect gateway); no policy page states which payment types are accepted
The checkout offers a single redirect gateway whose label and destination are not shown without an item in the cart; the checkout was not reached (nothing added to a cart). Rule B5: when the checkout cannot be reached, the policy pages are scored, and they name no payment type (0). To be re-scored if the owner reaches the checkout. Evidence: evidence-local/2026-10-27/aminowave-labs/PAYMENT.
shop.aminowavelabs.com (opens in new tab) source 2 (opens in new tab)checked
- +1
Shipping rates published
Site banner: "Free shipping on orders over [price]"
- −0.5
Policies that contradict each other
aminowavelabs.com refund policy: "Unopened products in original packaging may be returned within 30 days of delivery for a refund to the original payment method." vs store Shipping and Returns: "ALL SALES ARE FINAL. ... we do not accept returns, exchanges, or product send-backs under any circumstances"
The storefront (aminowavelabs.com) and the store that takes the order (shop.aminowavelabs.com) publish opposite return policies (rule B7). The store's 48-hour damage-report window is not under 48 hours and takes no deduction. Evidence: evidence-local/2026-10-27/aminowave-labs/CONTRADICTION.
aminowavelabs.com (opens in new tab) source 2 (opens in new tab)checked
Total +4: 4.0/10.
Pricing8.5/10
We compared AminoWave Labs’s current single-vial prices on 11 products, each matched to the same product and milligrams per vial, with the median price of the other vendors. Its typical price (the median ratio across those products) is 19% below the market median (ratio 0.81), which the published scale maps to 8.5/10. checked
Operating history1.2/10
Counted from May 21, 2026, the earliest dated evidence of this business operating: 5.2 months as of October 27, 2026, which the published table maps to 1.2/10.
Domain aminowavelabs.com registered 2026-03-28 (Verisign RDAP; registrar GoDaddy). The earliest archived capture of it is 2026-10-13 and shop.aminowavelabs.com has no capture, so the registration date alone is not counted. The earliest record of the business operating is a set of Freedom Diagnostics certificates issued to AminoWave Labs with samples received 2026-05-21. The site names no operating company, so there is no registry entry to look up (the California business search also refused automated access on 2026-10-27). No Trustpilot profile was found. The 2026-05-21 certificate date is used.
- 2026-03-28 Domain registration: registration 2026-03-28T21:02:21Z; not counted: no capture or other record of operation before May 2026 rdap.verisign.com (opens in new tab)
- 2026-05-21 certificate: Freedom Diagnostics accession 2605210481, client AminoWave Labs, GLP-3/R 20mg lot RT202026A, received 05/21/2026 (one of eight certificates received that day) coas.freedomdiagnosticstesting.com (opens in new tab)
- 2026-10-13 archive: earliest archived copy of aminowavelabs.com web.archive.org (opens in new tab)
Transparency2.0/10
- 0
Legal entity named
No legal entity named; pages give only the brand name and "(c) 2026 AminoWave Labs"
Neither domain names an operating company (rule C1: 0).
shop.aminowavelabs.com (opens in new tab) source 2 (opens in new tab)checked
- 0
Business address
No address on either domain; the contact page gives an email address and a form
The submission says the store ships from Mission Viejo, California, but no address appears on the site (rule C3: 0).
- 0
- 0
Named owner or staff
No person is named with a role on the site
- +1
Dated terms with a governing law
"Effective Date: January 1, 2026"; "governed by and construed in accordance with applicable laws of the United States and the state governing the operation of AminoWave Labs"
Dated and names the United States, as for PeptidesSource (rule C6: 1).
- +1.5
Testing lab named, certificates published
COA library with 15 certificates, each issued by Freedom Diagnostics Testing
aminowavelabs.com (opens in new tab) source 2 (opens in new tab)checked
- −0.5
GLP products sold only under code names
"GLP-3/R" 10, 20 and 50 mg ("A triple-agonist research peptide") and "GLP-2/T" 10 and 30 mg
Retatrutide and tirzepatide are listed under code names and their product pages do not name the compound; the certificates identify them. Evidence: evidence-local/2026-10-27/aminowave-labs/GLPCODE.
shop.aminowavelabs.com (opens in new tab) source 2 (opens in new tab) source 3 (opens in new tab)checked
Total +2: 2.0/10.
- Pricing: every product is sold as a single vial at the price in the WooCommerce Store API and on the storefront; no sale price is set and no multi-vial offer is sold, so rules E1 and E2 do not apply. Wholesale quotes on request are not counted. A GLP-3/R 30 mg size shown as out of stock on aminowavelabs.com is not in the store's catalogue and is not priced.
- Pricing: the Tesa-Ipa 13 mg (tesamorelin with ipamorelin) and MITO 120 mg (NAD+, 5-Amino-1MQ and MOTS-c) blends are not in our catalogue and are not listed; their certificates are not scored.
- Two websites: aminowavelabs.com is the storefront and sends buyers to checkout at shop.aminowavelabs.com, a WooCommerce store with its own policy pages. Both are scored as the vendor's site.
- Access: both domains answered ordinary browser requests; the FAQ answers were read in a browser. Nothing was read through an account, no form was submitted, and nothing was added to a cart.
Shop AminoWave Labs
- Rated 5.87/10 · Fair
- 9 COAs confirmed at the issuing lab
- Best value: NAD+ at $0.10/mg
Audit history and why the rating changed
We re-audit vendors against their live COAs and site. Here is what most recently moved this rating, and why.
See the full score history and chart
- Most recent audit · 5.85to5.87
Scores re-checked on 6 November 2026 after the correction review pricing 8.4 to 8.5.
- Audit · 5.87to5.85
Market medians updated after Snowman Research was added pricing 8.5 to 8.4.
- Audit · 5.85to5.87
Market medians updated after Stack Research was added pricing 8.4 to 8.5.
Earlier audits (3)
- Audit · 5.87to5.85
Market medians updated after Bluum Peptides was added pricing 8.5 to 8.4.
- Audit · 5.85to5.87
Market medians updated after Delix Labs and Ageless Peptides were added pricing 8.4 to 8.5.
- Audit · Initial audit
lab 6.6 / shipping 4.0 / pricing 8.4 / tenure 1.2 / transparency 2.0. First audit after the vendor's submission (reviewed 27 October 2026). 10 of 11 catalogue products have a certificate, all from Freedom Diagnostics Testing; nine were found at the laboratory, each identical to the laboratory's file. The Selank certificate was not found at the laboratory and itself reports a failed identity test, so it scores 0 under rule A4. Three site claims about testing are not borne out by the certificates (rule A7 CLAIM, -0.3).
Editor’s notes
AminoWave Labs sells research peptides through a storefront at aminowavelabs.com, with checkout on a separate store at shop.aminowavelabs.com, and ships within the United States. Every product is sold as a single vial. Its certificate library lists 15 certificates of analysis, all from Freedom Diagnostics Testing. Of the 11 catalogue products we list, 10 have a certificate; tesamorelin has none of its own (the posted tesamorelin with ipamorelin certificate covers only that blend). We scored the newest certificate for each product. Nine were found at the laboratory, each identical to the laboratory's file, with purity from 99.55% to 99.90%; none includes an endotoxin or sterility test. The Selank certificate's search code was not found at the laboratory, and the copy the store posts reports the identity test as failed, naming N-acetyl Selank amidate; a certificate that reports a failed result scores 0. The site says every batch is tested by an ISO/IEC 17025 accredited laboratory and names MZ Biolabs and Janoshik Analytical as its testing laboratories, but every posted certificate is from Freedom Diagnostics Testing, which is not listed on the A2LA accreditation register and publishes no accreditation. Retatrutide and tirzepatide are sold as 'GLP-3/R' and 'GLP-2/T', and their pages do not name the compound. The two sites publish opposite policies: the storefront offers 30-day refunds on unopened products and replacement of lost or damaged parcels, while the store's own policy makes all sales final and leaves lost or damaged parcels to a claim with UPS. Dispatch is same day before a cutoff on the storefront and unspecified on the store; tracking is emailed, and shipping is free above an order minimum. Checkout uses a single redirect payment option whose type the site does not state. The site names no company, address, phone number or person; its terms are dated and governed by United States law. The domain was registered in March 2026; the earliest record of the business operating is a laboratory certificate issued to it with a sample received on 21 May 2026, and its operating history is counted from then.
AminoWave Labs COAs and lab test results
One row per product: the certificate on file and how the lab rule reads it, the laboratory that issued it and its tier, the date it was tested, the purity it reports, and the lowest price per milligram we recorded (per IU or mL where a product is sold that way).
Freedom Diagnostics TestingTier Atested
- Purity
- 99.81%
- Price per mg
- $3.50$175.00 / 50mgbest of 3 sizes
Freedom Diagnostics TestingTier Atested
- Purity
- 99.77%
- Price per mg
- $3.83$115.00 / 30mgbest of 2 sizes
Freedom Diagnostics TestingTier Atested
- Purity
- 99.55%
- Price per mg
- $3.75$75.00 / 20mgbest of 2 sizes
Freedom Diagnostics TestingTier Atested
- Purity
- 99.87%
- Price per mg
- $1.25$100.00 / 80mg
Freedom Diagnostics TestingTier Atested
- Purity
- 99.64%
- Price per mg
- $2.50$25.00 / 10mg
Freedom Diagnostics TestingTier Atested
- Purity
- 99.88%
- Price per mg
- $0.10$50.00 / 500mg
Freedom Diagnostics TestingTier Atested
- Purity
- 99.9%
- Price per mg
- $1.30$65.00 / 50mg
Freedom Diagnostics TestingTier Atested
- Purity
- 99.83%
- Price per mg
- $5.00$50.00 / 10mg
Freedom Diagnostics TestingTier Atested
- Purity
- 99.85%
- Price per mg
- $4.00$40.00 / 10mg
Freedom Diagnostics TestingTier Atested
- Purity
- 99.61%
- Price per mg
- $4.00$40.00 / 10mg
- Purity
- —
- Price per mg
- $5.75$115.00 / 20mgbest of 2 sizes
- Purity
- —
- Price per mL
- —
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AminoWave Labs: Frequently Asked Questions
Is AminoWave Labs legit?
AminoWave Labs scores 5.87 out of 10 (Fair, #62 of 100) as of November 6, 2026 and passes our testing gate: 10 of the 11 products we score carry a certificate, 9 confirmed with the issuing lab (a lab we grade A). Its strongest area is pricing (8.5/10); its weakest is operating history (1.2/10), with about five months of records. We also record that one certificate reports a failed result.
Is there a AminoWave Labs promo code, coupon code, or discount code?
We do not have a verified AminoWave Labs promo code or coupon code right now. When AminoWave Labs runs a sale or issues a discount code, we post it here and on our promos page, so bookmark this page for the latest AminoWave Labs discount.
Does AminoWave Labs use third-party lab testing?
Yes. We have independently verified third-party COA evidence for this vendor. Laboratories on the certificates we hold: Freedom Diagnostics Testing.
Where can I see AminoWave Labs' COAs?
In the "AminoWave Labs COAs and lab test results" table on this page. We hold 10 certificates for AminoWave Labs, covering 10 of the 12 products we track, issued by Freedom Diagnostics Testing. 9 products' certificates were confirmed at the issuing laboratory itself. Each row links the certificate, its lab, its test date and the purity it reports.
What peptides does AminoWave Labs carry?
AminoWave Labs carries Retatrutide, Tirzepatide, BPC-157 + TB-500, KLOW, Epitalon, NAD+, 5-Amino-1MQ, KPV, and 4 more. Current per-milligram pricing, COA links, and verification keys for each are in the comparison table on this page.
Is the AminoWave Labs review on Peptide Source Review affected by affiliate status?
No. All affiliate relationships are publicly disclosed and never change a vendor's score, rank, or gate status. Our scoring formula is published in full and applied identically to every vendor.
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AminoWave Labs5.87Fair
9 confirmed at the lab