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Vanguard Laboratory

Olympia, WA · USA · 5–8 days (USP <71>: 14–15 days)

Washington lab offering tiered peptide packages alongside a broad food and environmental menu.

Tests on file
766
Avg HPLC purity tested
99.4%
Turnaround
5–8 days (USP <71>: 14–15 days)
ISO 17025
Claimed
ISO/IEC 17025 accreditation: Claimed
The lab states it is accredited; the scope has not been verified against peptide methods. This is not unusual in the peptide testing market (most listed labs lack it). Accredited results carry more regulatory weight in formal contexts. Read about lab accreditation standards →

About Vanguard Laboratory

Vanguard Laboratory is an ISO/IEC 17025:2017 accredited analytical laboratory in Olympia, Washington, providing peptide purity, identity, endotoxin, sterility, and heavy metals testing for research compounds, supplements, food, and water. Accredited through A2LA under Certificate Number 6377.01, Vanguard is one of four laboratories in Peptigrity's testing-labs index with documented current ISO accreditation — the international competence standard whose results carry weight in formal regulatory contexts — and the most-tested of the accredited cohort.

The lab also holds Washington Department of Health and Department of Ecology accreditations and is led by Laboratory Director Dustin Newman, recognized by the Association of Food and Drug Officials as a Process Authority.

What sets Vanguard Laboratory apart

  • A2LA-accredited ISO/IEC 17025:2017 with documented Certificate 6377.01 — the most-tested ISO-accredited lab in Peptigrity's index, and the only one with documented additional state-level accreditations from the Washington Department of Health and Department of Ecology. Results from A2LA-accredited labs are accepted as meeting the international testing-laboratory competence standard used by FDA, EMA, and courts.
  • HPLC methods validated to USP <1225>, endotoxin to USP <85>, sterility to USP <61> and <71> — methods are documented against United States Pharmacopeia compendial chapters, rare in the peptide-testing market.
  • Broad analytical capability beyond HPLC — HPLC-MS/MS for tandem mass spectrometry identity confirmation, ICP-MS for heavy metals (As, Cd, Cr, Hg, Pb), UV-Vis for peptide content quantification, plus GC-FID, GC-MS, NMR, and NIR. The widest documented analytical menu of any lab in the index.
  • "Verified by Vanguard" certification program — a branded multi-tier verification protocol with live CoA delivery via secure link, generating timestamped reports that cannot be altered after issuance.
  • 5–8 business day turnaround for standard testing, documented on the lab's website.
Honest disclosures
  • Sterility testing per USP <71> carries a 15-day minimum turnaround — the most rigorous test category takes longer than typical purity work.
  • Accreditation — see the note above.
  • The lab serves a broad client base across peptides, supplements, food, water, and topicals — not exclusively peptides.

Lab information

Capabilities
Testing methods
  • HPLC purity
  • MS identity
Payments
  • Card
  • Crypto
Sample requirements
  • Original sealed vial preferred
  • Extra vial for endotoxin or sterility

What they test

◆ PEPTIDE CATEGORIES TESTED · Σ = 766
Weight Loss & Metabolic29%
Growth Hormone19%
Immune Support & Longevity17%
Skin, Anti-Aging & Cosmetic11%
Tissue Repair & Healing9%
Cognitive Enhancement & Neuroprotection7%

Tests processed

766 total · 10 recent

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Contact information

§ HOW TO REACH VANGUARD LABORATORY
Website
Order tests & submit samples
Location
Olympia, WA
USA

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