VendorsAAPPTec
Layer A — cited: COA practices, testing, enforcement, provenanceLayer B — disclaimed: online sentiment, community reportsIndependence firewall: the Trust Index is computed from cited facts only — never sold, never sorts the directory.
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Overview

Independence-firewalled vendor profile · Trust Index computed from cited facts

AAPPTec

www.peptide.comActiveResearch use only

US-facing research-peptide supplier, research-grade, founded 2005. Publishes certificates of analysis. Identity and claims are vendor-stated unless cited. Research use only.

Publishes COAsDomestic shipping
~2500products listed
2.6/5Trustpilot (.io)
2005founded
Communityconfidence
2026-06-27 as of
Vendor Trust Index
/100
Thinly Documented

Some cited facts on file, but not enough independently-verified evidence to compute a precise index. No adverse records on file.

Coverage84%
ConfidenceModerate
Cited facts33

A transparency readout of 33 cited facts — never sold, never sorts the directory; not a safety verdict (RUO). How it’s computed →

Catalog breadth

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~2500
products in the catalog

External rating

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2.6/5
Glassdoor (employer reviews) · 8 reviews

COA policy

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Yes
publishes COAs

Operating status

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Active
as of 2026-06-27

Trust Index breakdown

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The Trust Index weighs five evidence pillars — purity claims-vs-reality, testing transparency, enforcement conduct, operational accountability and reputation integrity — into a single 0–100 factor. Nothing here can be bought.

Thinly Documented. Cited facts on file, but no allowlisted independent assay yet — a precise index is withheld. A precise number is withheld rather than guessed — absence of evidence is never shown as a low score.

Evidence at a glance

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Products listed
6
Publishes COAs
Yes
Independent tests tracked
0
Enforcement records
0
Cited sources
33

Methodology & independence

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  • The Trust Index is computed only from cited facts — and can never be bought.
  • Sponsorship & affiliate are excluded by construction — they never move the score, sort, or inclusion.
  • Facts are dated and cited; absent data lowers confidence, never the score (absence isn’t evidence of bad).

No affiliate relationship with this vendor.

Legitimacy signals

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Official domain
www.peptide.com
Payment
invoice-net-30 · Bank transfer
Third-party testing
Not confirmed
Published COAs
Yes
HQ disclosed
US-KY
Sponsored placement
No

Vendor details

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Founded (claimed)
2005
Domain registered
1994-10-24
HQ
US-KY
Address
6309 Shepherdsville Road, Louisville, KY 40228, USA (fax 502-968-3338). Canadian office: 1475 Seville Crescent, Brossard, QC J4X 1J3 (514-952-5432).
Ships from
US
Ships to
US, CA, international
Categories
Catalog Peptides (research-grade) · Custom Peptide Synthesis · Peptide Synthesizers (instruments) · Synthesis Reagents (Fmoc/Boc amino acids, resins, coupling reagents) · HPLC systems & columns / purification accessories
Grade claimed
research
Website
www.peptide.com

WHOIS: AAPPTec, LLC (Advanced Automated Peptide Protein Technologies) was established March 2005 in Louisville, KY and in May 2005 purchased the instrument division of Advanced ChemTech. The peptide.com domain itself was registered 1994-10-24 (well before the LLC). Marketing copy cites 'over 35 years of experience' / operation 'since early 1983' — that reflects founder Dr. Hossain Saneii's peptide career (he was president/CEO of Advanced ChemTech 1985-2003 and co-founded Peptides International in 1983), not the age of the AAPPTec entity. Registrant is masked behind Domains By Proxy; no identity conflict, but the 1983/35-year heritage claim should be read as lineage rather than the LLC's age. whois.com

Find them

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Verify you are on www.peptide.com — 2 domain variants exist; this is the one on record as current.

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Products & price

Vendor-listed prices, dated & cited — no ranking, no commission

Product catalog & pricelist

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6 representative listings captured on 2026-06-27. Prices are vendor-listed and dated; price-per-mg is a unit price, not a ranking. No commission is earned and no vendor is ranked. Research use only.

CompoundPriceSizePrice / mgCOA
CUCustom Peptide Synthesis (research scale)Custom Peptides
mg to multi-kg; crude to 98% purity
CACatalog research peptides (e.g., ACTH, Angiotensins, Bradykinins, Substance P, Somatostatin, Vasopressin, Enkephalins, Amyloid peptides)Catalog Peptides
varies
FMFmoc-L-amino acids (synthesis reagent)Synthesis Reagents
research to bulk quantities
AAAAPPTec-Resin (solid-phase synthesis resin)Synthesis Reagents
varies
APApex 396 Automated Multiple Peptide SynthesizerPeptide Synthesizers
1 mg-20 g scale; up to 96/192/384 peptides in parallel
FOFocus XC Solid Phase Peptide SynthesizerPeptide Synthesizers
2, 4 or 6 reactors

Pricing captured 2026-06-27. AAPPTec is a B2B scientific supplier: catalog reagent and peptide list prices require an account sign-in and most quotes are by request to sales@aapptec.com, so per-SKU consumer prices are not publicly visible (priceUsd left null). The only public pricing found is for custom peptide synthesis: 'starting at $3.50/residue to $4.50/residue for crude peptides' (HPLC + MS analysis included except for crude), with a $125 minimum order; difficult/hydrophobic sequences and modifications (unusual/D-amino acids, tags, acetylation, cyclization, PEG) add charges. Terms are net-30 from invoice, FOB Louisville, KY.

Price-per-mg snapshot

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No data availableNo price series collected.

Deals & bulk pricing

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No data availableNo promotional or bulk pricing collected.

Price snapshot

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No data availableRequires price data.

Shipping & fulfillment

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Ships from
US
Ships to
US, CA, international
Domestic shipping
Yes
Ship speed
No data available
Carriers
FedEx, UPS and other freight carriers; ground is the standard method unless the customer requests otherwise. Chemical orders received by 3 PM EST ship the same day (vendor-stated).
Cost
Quoted FOB Louisville, KY; shipping is prepaid and added to the customer's invoice, or can be billed directly to the customer's freight account. Orders shipped outside the US and Canada incur additional shipping and customs charges.
Payment
invoice-net-30 · Bank transfer

peptide.com

Watch & alerts

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Quality & COA verification

COA & testing practices

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What this vendor proves about identity, purity & potency

Publishes COAs
policy on record
Third-party tested
not on record
Independent tests tracked
not on record
GMP / ISO claim
not on record
AAPPTec states every catalog and custom peptide ships with a Certificate of Analysis. Quality control is performed IN-HOUSE by HPLC and Mass Spectrometry (not an independent third-party lab): peptides are purified by preparative reversed-phase HPLC (0.1% TFA water / 0.1% TFA acetonitrile, UV at 214 nm) and fractions analyzed by MS for identity and analytical RP-HPLC for purity. Stated HPLC purity of most catalog peptides is 95%+; custom peptides offered crude to 98% pure. No third-party/independent assay (e.g., Janoshik, Finnrick) was found, and the company is a B2B synthesis house rather than a consumer research-peptide retailer, so community purity testing is not on record.

Methods: In-house HPLC (preparative + analytical RP, UV 214 nm) and Mass Spectrometry; COA with every peptide (vendor-stated). No third-party lab named..

COA repository · published lab results

No data availablePer-lot COA records have not been collected.

Independent test results

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No data availableNo independent assays tracked for this vendor.

Authenticity & anti-spoofing

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Official domain: www.peptide.com

Only order from the official domain. Research-chem vendors are frequently impersonated by typosquats — verify the URL before purchase.

Known domain variants

  • peptide.com official / current · Primary storefront and brand site. Premium domain registered 1994-10-24 (GoDaddy, behind Domains By Proxy privacy) — predates the AAPPTec LLC entity (est. 2005).
  • aapptec.com official / alias · Corporate/email domain (sales@aapptec.com); referenced interchangeably with peptide.com across the site and business directories.
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Reputation & sentiment

Online sentiment

Community signalUGC · disclaimedV13

Forum sentiment: unknown · unverified

A coarse community read, not a measured score. Platforms can be gamed — corroborate.

Reddit & community

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3 community mentions — disclaimed UGC, each linked. Sentiment is reported, not measured.

Glassdoor (employer reviews)Mixed
~8 employee reviews (cited ~2.6/5 for Sales). Positives: good benefits, profit sharing, pride in building research instruments, approachable management. Negatives: owner micromanagement, frequent strategy changes, workplace surveillance. Reflects employment experience, NOT product quality or customer service.
Vocal/Lifehack listicle — 'Top 13 Best Peptide Manufacturers (2025)'Neutral2025
A secondary listicle names AAPPTec among research/manufacturing peptide suppliers. SEO content, not independent lab testing or verified user reviews; surfaced only as a presence signal.
LabX / American Laboratory Trading (used-equipment listings)Neutral
AAPPTec and legacy Advanced ChemTech (Apex 396, Focus XC) synthesizers appear on used-lab-equipment marketplaces, corroborating a real installed base of instruments in research labs. Not a customer review.

Review sites

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4 platforms on record — scores differ by scale; read the notes

EMPLOYEE reviews, not customer/product reviews. ~8 reviews; the 2.6 figure is cited for Sales roles. Pros: benefits, profit sharing, hands-on machine-building work. Cons: owner micromanagement, surveillance, frequent strategy changes. Small sample; treat as workplace signal only.

Vendor-curated testimonials on AAPPTec's own site (e.g., university custom-synthesis praise) — not independent; surfaced for completeness.

Business-directory listing for AAPPTec (6309 Shepherdsville Rd, Louisville, KY 40228) — page is live but carries zero customer reviews ("Be the first to review"). Confirms, on a new platform, the existing profile's finding of no consumer-reputation footprint.

Same business-directory listing mirrored on SuperPages — also live with zero reviews.

No Trustpilot, BBB, ScamAdviser or Scam Detector consumer-reputation profile was found for peptide.com / AAPPTec, and the brand is absent from peptide-specific review/testing aggregators (Finnrick, vialaudit, PepPal) — consistent with a B2B scientific-supply company rather than a direct-to-consumer research-peptide seller. The only independent user-generated signal located is employee reviews on Glassdoor (about working conditions, not product quality). The company's own site hosts curated customer testimonials (vendor-selected, not independent).

glassdoor.com

User reviews

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No data availableNo first-party reviews have been collected for this vendor.

Press & media

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Advanced ChemTech sells synthesizer division (to AAPPTec)
Business Wire / The Free Library · 2005-05
Pumping up peptide production
Drug Discovery News ·
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Trust, risk & enforcement

Enforcement & legal history

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Warning letters, raids, shutdowns, BBB actions — cited or omitted

No enforcement actions on record. No FDA warning letters, raids, recalls, or import alerts naming this vendor as of 2026-06-27. Absence of record is not a guarantee.

We publish negative records only with a source, and offer vendors a right of reply.

Buyer safety checklist

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  • Publishes COAs
  • Third-party tested
  • Accepts non-crypto payment
  • Has reship / refund policy
  • Clean enforcement record
  • Currently operating

4 of 6 checks clear · derived from vendor-stated data.

Operating status & continuity

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Status
Active
Last confirmed
2026-06-27
US-facing
Yes
Domain history
2 variants on record
Known rebrands / aliases
Migrated to www.peptide.com (1994-10-24)

AAPPTec, LLC (Advanced Automated Peptide Protein Technologies) was established March 2005 in Louisville, KY and in May 2005 purchased the instrument division of Advanced ChemTech. The peptide.com domain itself was registered 1994-10-24 (well before the LLC). Marketing copy cites 'over 35 years of experience' / operation 'since early 1983' — that reflects founder Dr. Hossain Saneii's peptide career (he was president/CEO of Advanced ChemTech 1985-2003 and co-founded Peptides International in 1983), not the age of the AAPPTec entity. Registrant is masked behind Domains By Proxy; no identity conflict, but the 1983/35-year heritage claim should be read as lineage rather than the LLC's age.

If they disappear: prepaid / crypto orders carry no recourse if any research-chem vendor changes domains or shuts down with little notice.

Scam & non-delivery reports

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No data availableCommunity scam/non-delivery reports are not collected for this vendor.
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Compare & discover

Compare vendors

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See AAPPTec side-by-side with every vendor on the directory — COA practices, testing, shipping, enforcement history.

Best value for

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Cross-vendor price ranking is intentionally not computed

The Trust Index rates each vendor against a fixed evidence rubric — it never ranks vendors against each otheror sorts the directory. Naming a “best-value” vendor per compound would require exactly that cross-vendor sort, so we don’t. Compare the cited price-per-mg in the Products & price table yourself, or open a side-by-side comparison.
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Compliance, meta & tools

Jurisdiction & legality

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Ships to
US, CA, international
US-facing
Yes
Gating
Commercial links suppress where a compound is restricted in your region

Commercial CTAs are jurisdiction-gated; reference content stays visible everywhere (RUO).

Independence & disclosure

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Affiliate
No
Sponsored placement
None
Effect on Trust Index
None — sponsorship & affiliate are excluded by construction

No affiliate or sponsorship relationship on record.

FAQ

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What is AAPPTec and is it legit?
AAPPTec (Advanced Automated Peptide Protein Technologies, peptide.com) is an established US business-to-business peptide-synthesis company in Louisville, KY, founded in 2005 by peptide chemist Dr. Hossain Saneii, who in May 2005 acquired the instrument division of Advanced ChemTech. It supplies automated peptide synthesizers, custom peptide synthesis (mg to multi-kg), 2,500+ research-grade catalog peptides and 4,500+ synthesis reagents to universities, CROs and industry worldwide. No FDA warning letter, recall, or scam-report record was found. PeptideCompass computes no vendor score. Research use only.
Does AAPPTec sell consumer research peptides like BPC-157 or semaglutide?
No. AAPPTec's catalog peptides are classical research-grade biochemicals (ACTH, angiotensins, bradykinins, substance P, somatostatin, vasopressin, enkephalins, amyloid peptides and similar) sold to laboratories, alongside custom synthesis and synthesis instruments/reagents. The gray-market 'research peptides' (BPC-157, TB-500, semaglutide, tirzepatide) marketed by direct-to-consumer vendors were not found in its catalog. Research use only.
Does AAPPTec provide a Certificate of Analysis and how is purity tested?
AAPPTec states every peptide ships with a Certificate of Analysis. Quality control is done in-house by HPLC and Mass Spectrometry: peptides are purified by preparative reversed-phase HPLC (0.1% TFA buffers, UV 214 nm) and fractions checked by MS for identity and analytical RP-HPLC for purity. Most catalog peptides are 95%+ pure; custom peptides are offered from crude to 98%. Testing is internal (no independent third-party lab is named).
How does AAPPTec ship and what are the payment terms?
Shipments go via FedEx, UPS and other freight carriers (ground standard); chemical orders received by 3 PM EST ship the same day. Pricing is FOB Louisville, KY with shipping prepaid and added to the invoice (or billed to the customer's freight account); standard payment terms are net-30 from invoice. International (outside US/Canada) orders incur extra shipping and customs charges. A Canadian office operates in Brossard, QC.
How much does a custom peptide cost?
AAPPTec lists custom peptide synthesis starting at $3.50-$4.50 per residue for crude peptides (HPLC and MS analysis included except for crude), with a $125 minimum order. The final price depends on length, hydrophobicity/difficulty, and modifications (unusual or D-amino acids, tags, acetylation, cyclization, PEGylation). Email sales@aapptec.com for a quote. Research use only.

Citable summary (GEO)

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AAPPTec (www.peptide.com) is a US-facing research-peptide vendor. Publishes certificates of analysis. No enforcement actions on record. PeptideCompass Trust Index: Thinly Documented — Cited facts on file, but no allowlisted independent assay yet — a precise index is withheld.. Data is community and dated 2026-06-27. The Trust Index is an evidence-transparency readout of cited facts — not a safety verdict, never sold. Research use only.

JSON-LD: Organization · BreadcrumbList · FAQPage. Computed from cited facts, never sold.

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