Independent vendor review · 2026

NovaForge Labs Review

Scored 6.89/10 on the published Peptide Source Review formula: lab credibility, shipping, pricing, operating history, and transparency.

Reviewed by the Peptide Source Review teamLast audited How we rate

COAs on file
13

COAs on file

Confirmed at the lab
13

Confirmed at the lab

Products
15

Products

Labs
2

Labs

6.89/ 10

Fair

Last scored

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Is NovaForge Labs legit?

NovaForge Labs scores 6.89 out of 10 (Fair, #37 of 100) as of October 27, 2026 and passes our testing gate: 13 of the 14 products we score carry a certificate, 13 confirmed with the issuing lab (labs we grade A to B+). Its strongest area is pricing (8.7/10); its weakest is operating history (0.9/10), with about three months of records.

On lab evidence, the heaviest-weighted factor, NovaForge Labs has independently verified third-party COAs, with COA work on record from Freedom Diagnostics Testing, ILS Laboratories. 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 credibility7.7/10

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.

  • BPC-1578.0

    Certificate from ILS Laboratories, tier B+ · tested 2026-07-31

    • 3.0Certificate published (base)
    • +2.0Laboratory in our directory at tier B+ (ILS Laboratories)
    • +1.5Verification key printed
    • +1.5Key confirmed at the laboratory's own site
    • 0.0Purity 99.69% (99.0% up to but not including 99.7%)
  • BPC-157 + TB-5008.0

    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
    • 0.0Purity 99.09% (99.0% up to but not including 99.7%)
  • GHK-Cu8.5

    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 99.88% (99.7% or higher)
  • Tirzepatide8.0

    Certificate from ILS Laboratories, tier B+ · tested 2026-08-10

    • 3.0Certificate published (base)
    • +2.0Laboratory in our directory at tier B+ (ILS Laboratories)
    • +1.5Verification key printed
    • +1.5Key confirmed at the laboratory's own site
    • 0.0Purity 99.68% (99.0% up to but not including 99.7%)
  • Retatrutide8.5

    Certificate from Freedom Diagnostics Testing, tier A · tested 2026-08-17

    • 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 99.96% (99.7% or higher)
  • KLOW8.0

    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
    • 0.0Purity 99.69% (99.0% up to but not including 99.7%)
  • NAD+8.5

    Certificate from Freedom Diagnostics Testing, tier A · tested 2026-08-22

    • 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 99.98% (99.7% or higher)
  • Tesamorelin8.0

    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
    • 0.0Purity 99.03% (99.0% up to but not including 99.7%)
  • MOTS-c8.5

    Certificate from Freedom Diagnostics Testing, tier A · tested 2026-08-17

    • 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 99.86% (99.7% or higher)
  • KPV0.0

    No certificate on file for this product: scores 0, counted at 0.5 weight because it is not one of the core products.

  • SS-318.5

    Certificate from Freedom Diagnostics Testing, tier A · tested 2026-08-22

    • 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 99.89% (99.7% or higher)
  • CJC-1295 + Ipamorelin8.5

    Certificate from Freedom Diagnostics Testing, tier A · tested 2026-08-22

    • 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 99.76% (99.7% or higher)
  • Semax8.5

    Certificate from Freedom Diagnostics Testing, tier A · tested 2026-08-19

    • 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
    • +0.5Endotoxin test
    • 0.0Purity 99.43% (99.0% up to but not including 99.7%)
  • Selank9.0

    Certificate from Freedom Diagnostics Testing, tier A · tested 2026-08-19

    • 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
    • +0.5Endotoxin test
    • +0.5Purity 99.94% (99.7% or higher)

Weighted mean of 14 products (1 non-core product without a certificate counted at half weight): 108.5 ÷ 13.5 = 8.037.

  • −0.20LOT Lot numbers that do not identify a single batch (cap −0.2): vendor lot labels NFL-0001 and NFL-0002 are each printed on Freedom Diagnostics certificates for different compounds (NFL-0001: retatrutide, MOTS-c, SS-31, NAD+, Selank, Semax, KLOW, GHK-Cu; NFL-0002: tesamorelin, BPC-157/TB-500, KLOW, GHK-Cu)
  • −0.10CLAIM Claims the certificates do not support (cap −0.3): the site states every batch is screened for fentanyl with the result on its certificate; the Freedom Diagnostics certificates posted for current lots carry no fentanyl screen

8.037 − 0.300 = 7.737, rounded to 0.1: 7.7/10.

Testing gate: 13 of 14 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 refunds5.0/10
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    Returns and refunds

    "all sales are final. We do not accept returns or exchanges, and we do not issue refunds, on any item that has been delivered ... except as described in Section 2"; Section 2: "A refund or replacement is available if purity is below 99%. ... This is the only basis for a refund or exchange."

    All sales are final apart from a purity guarantee (a third-party result below 99%); no unopened return, and no stated remedy for a damaged or wrong item (rule B1: 0).

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  • +1

    Lost or damaged parcels

    "If tracking shows a package as delivered but you cannot locate it, or if it arrives damaged, contact us right away and we will work with the carrier to help resolve it."

    Lost and damaged parcels are handled only through the carrier; no free reship or refund is stated (rule B2: 1).

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  • +1.5

    Dispatch time

    "Orders with confirmed payment before the cutoff ship the same business day; orders placed after 1:00 PM PST, or on weekends or U.S. holidays, ship the next business day."

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  • +1

    Tracking on all orders

    "Once your order ships, we'll email you a tracking number along with the carrier"

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  • +1

    Payment you can dispute

    Checkout options: Venmo, Zelle, PayPal and crypto; for PayPal: "After placing your order, send [total] via PayPal to https://paypal.me/NovaForgeLabs"

    No card checkout. PayPal is paid by hand through a PayPal.me link after ordering, which counts as 1 (rule B5); Venmo, Zelle and a hosted crypto invoice are the other options, and an ACH option in the page code is switched off. Read from the store's page code; the checkout was not reached (nothing added to a cart).

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  • +1

    Shipping rates published

    "Under [price]: [price] flat rate; [price] and above: FREE"

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  • −0.5

    Policies that contradict each other

    Home page FAQ: "We offer a money-back guarantee if any material fails to meet the purity percentage listed on its COA." vs Refund Policy: "A refund or replacement is available if purity is below 99%. ... This is the only basis for a refund or exchange."

    The FAQ promises a refund when a result falls below the purity on the certificate (for example 99.9%); the policy pages offer a refund or replacement, at the store's option, only below 99% (rule B7). Evidence: evidence-local/2026-10-27/novaforge-labs/CONTRADICTION.

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Total +5: 5.0/10.

Pricing8.7/10

We compared NovaForge Labs’s current single-vial prices on 12 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 25% below the market median (ratio 0.75), which the published scale maps to 8.7/10. checked

Operating history0.9/10

Counted from July 16, 2026, the earliest dated evidence of this business operating: 3.4 months as of October 27, 2026, which the published table maps to 0.9/10.

Domain novaforgelabs.co registered 2026-06-28 (.co registry RDAP; registrar GoDaddy). No archived capture exists before 2026-10-07 and no other record shows what the domain carried before July, so the registration date alone is not counted. The earliest record of the business operating is a set of ILS Laboratories certificates issued to NovaForge Labs with samples received 2026-07-16. Later records: Freedom Diagnostics certificates from 2026-08-10; the first archived copy of the store with prices, 2026-10-07. The site names NoeSol Group LLC (California law, Burbank address); its California registry entry was not read (the state's search needs a browser), so no formation date is counted. The 2026-07-16 certificate date is used.

Transparency6.0/10

Total +6: 6.0/10.

  • Pricing: every product is sold as a single vial at the price in the store's page; no multi-vial offer is sold, so rules E1 and E2 do not apply. Codes (BACK15, a 15% first-order email offer, PSR15), multi-item and build-a-bundle discounts, the BAC-water bundle discount and loyalty points are not counted.
  • Pricing: Semax and Selank are sold only as 30 mg nasal sprays and are not priced; their certificates name the N-acetyl forms (NA SEMAX, NA SELANK) and are scored on those products, as for other vendors.
  • Lab: Finnrick results for two lots (retatrutide NFL-0001 and tesamorelin NFL-0002, October 2026, submitted by the vendor) are summarised on the store's lot-verification page and product pages, but no Finnrick certificate is posted, so none is scored. Peptigrity, Disclosed, PeptideBenchmark and Prof. Peptide badges or profiles are third-party listings, not laboratory records, and are not scored.
  • Access: the store shows an age gate and an account overlay asking visitors to sign in, but the catalogue, prices and certificate registry load in the public page without an account; nothing was read through an account.
Third-party tested: VerifiedLabs: Freedom Diagnostics Testing, ILS LaboratoriesProducts tracked: 15

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  1. Most recent audit · Initial audit

    lab 7.7 / shipping 5.0 / pricing 8.7 / tenure 0.9 / transparency 6.0. First audit after the vendor's submission. 13 of 14 catalogue products have a certificate, and every scored certificate was found at the issuing laboratory (Freedom Diagnostics Testing, ILS Laboratories). Vendor lot labels repeat across compounds (rule A7 LOT, -0.2), and the site's fentanyl-screen statement is not borne out by the Freedom certificates (rule A7 CLAIM, -0.1).

Editor’s notes

NovaForge Labs sells research peptides from novaforgelabs.co and ships within the United States. The site asks visitors to sign in, but its catalogue, prices and certificate registry load in the public page. Every product is sold as a single vial, apart from Semax and Selank, which are sold only as nasal sprays and are not priced. The store's registry lists 27 certificates of analysis from Freedom Diagnostics Testing and ILS Laboratories. Of the 14 catalogue products we list, 13 have a certificate; KPV has none. We scored the newest certificate for each product, and every one of them was found at the issuing laboratory, with the posted copy identical to the laboratory's file. Purity on those certificates runs from 99.03% to 99.98%; the Semax and Selank reports add an endotoxin test. The same vendor lot labels, NFL-0001 and NFL-0002, are printed on certificates for different compounds. The site says every batch is screened for fentanyl and that the result is on its certificate; the ILS reports include that screen, while the Freedom Diagnostics reports, which cover most current lots, do not. Retatrutide and tirzepatide are sold as 'Triple Agonist (R3ta)' and 'Dual Agonist (Tirz)', and their pages do not name the compound. Orders paid before 1 PM Pacific ship the same business day with tracking; shipping is a flat rate, free above an order minimum. All sales are final except under a purity guarantee (a third-party result below 99%), lost or damaged parcels are taken up with the carrier, and the home page FAQ describes a broader money-back purity guarantee than the refund policy. Payment is by Venmo, Zelle, PayPal sent after ordering, or crypto; no card checkout. The site names NoeSol Group LLC, a private mailbox address in Burbank, California, and a phone number, but no person; its terms are dated and governed by California law. The domain was registered in June 2026; the earliest record of the business operating is a laboratory certificate issued to it with a sample received on 16 July 2026, and its operating history is counted from then.

NovaForge 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).

BPC-157Verified (opens in new tab)

ILS LaboratoriesTier B+tested

Purity
99.69%
Price per mg
$4.50$45.00 / 10mg
BPC-157 + TB-500Verified (opens in new tab)

Freedom Diagnostics TestingTier Atested

Purity
99.09%
Price per mg
$4.00$80.00 / 20mg
GHK-CuVerified (opens in new tab)

Freedom Diagnostics TestingTier Atested

Purity
99.88%
Price per mg
$0.45$45.00 / 100mg
TirzepatideVerified (opens in new tab)

ILS LaboratoriesTier B+tested

Purity
99.68%
Price per mg
$2.33$70.00 / 30mg
RetatrutideVerified (opens in new tab)

Freedom Diagnostics TestingTier Atested

Purity
99.96%
Price per mg
$2.67$80.00 / 30mgbest of 2 sizes
KLOWVerified (opens in new tab)

Freedom Diagnostics TestingTier Atested

Purity
99.69%
Price per mg
$1.00$80.00 / 80mg
NAD+Verified (opens in new tab)

Freedom Diagnostics TestingTier Atested

Purity
99.98%
Price per mg
$0.07$75.00 / 1000mg
TesamorelinVerified (opens in new tab)

Freedom Diagnostics TestingTier Atested

Purity
99.03%
Price per mg
$4.75$95.00 / 20mgbest of 2 sizes
MOTS-cVerified (opens in new tab)

Freedom Diagnostics TestingTier Atested

Purity
99.86%
Price per mg
$3.00$60.00 / 20mg
KPVNo public COANo third-party COA was publicly available at audit time
Purity
—
Price per mg
$4.00$40.00 / 10mg
SS-31Verified (opens in new tab)

Freedom Diagnostics TestingTier Atested

Purity
99.89%
Price per mg
$4.00$40.00 / 10mg
CJC-1295 + IpamorelinVerified (opens in new tab)

Freedom Diagnostics TestingTier Atested

Purity
99.76%
Price per mg
$4.50$45.00 / 10mg
SemaxVerified (opens in new tab)

Freedom Diagnostics TestingTier Atested

Purity
99.43%
Price per mg
—
SelankVerified (opens in new tab)

Freedom Diagnostics TestingTier Atested

Purity
99.94%
Price per mg
—
Bacteriostatic WaterNo public COANo third-party COA was publicly available at audit time
Purity
—
Price per mL
—

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NovaForge Labs: Frequently Asked Questions

Is NovaForge Labs legit?

NovaForge Labs scores 6.89 out of 10 (Fair, #37 of 100) as of October 27, 2026 and passes our testing gate: 13 of the 14 products we score carry a certificate, 13 confirmed with the issuing lab (labs we grade A to B+). Its strongest area is pricing (8.7/10); its weakest is operating history (0.9/10), with about three months of records.

Is there a NovaForge Labs promo code, coupon code, or discount code?

Yes. NovaForge Labs issued us the reader code PSR15 for 15% off. Enter this NovaForge Labs promo code at checkout to claim the discount. If it stops working at checkout, tell us and we will update or remove it.

Does NovaForge 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, ILS Laboratories.

Where can I see NovaForge Labs' COAs?

In the "NovaForge Labs COAs and lab test results" table on this page. We hold 13 certificates for NovaForge Labs, covering 13 of the 15 products we track, issued by 2 laboratories (Freedom Diagnostics Testing, ILS Laboratories). 13 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 NovaForge Labs carry?

NovaForge Labs carries BPC-157, BPC-157 + TB-500, GHK-Cu, Tirzepatide, Retatrutide, KLOW, NAD+, Tesamorelin, and 7 more. Current per-milligram pricing, COA links, and verification keys for each are in the comparison table on this page.

Is the NovaForge 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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