Disclosure: Purgo Labs is our affiliate partner; we earn nothing from Profound Aminos. Scores come from the public rubric, which has no partnership input.
Research use only. Compound Review scores vendors on documentation — laboratory certificates, lot records, pricing and company identity. Nothing on this page is guidance on human or veterinary use, dosing or health outcomes.
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Where each vendor is stronger
Computed from the rubric, prices and review record — never curated
Purgo Labs
No contradictions among its own claims — No contradictions found across site claims (checked Aug 2026)
Publishes a legal entity and street address — PurgoLabs LLC (Arizona) · 10105 E Via Linda St Bld 103, Scottsdale, AZ — on-site (6 Sep 2026)
No misleading trust signals or buyer-protection workarounds — No on-site review badge contradicting the independent record; card payment accepted; no regulator action found (checked 6 Sep 2026)
Only vials both vendors list at the same size, read on each vendor's product page on the date shown. "After code" is list × the code's stated discount — a calculation, labelled as one; stacking with sale pricing is not cart-tested.
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What we found at Profound Aminos
Read 6 September 2026 on the vendor's own pages
On our documentation criteria Profound Aminos does well — a real lab, lab-hosted reports, a 216-review record, clear prices. The rubric does not have a criterion for how you pay, and that is where this vendor is weakest: it only accepts peer-to-peer transfers and explicitly tells you to switch buyer protection off. Read the payment notice before you decide, and treat the BBB report as an unverified consumer allegation.
Checks out
✓Names Janoshik Analytical; the test-results page links reports on janoshik.com (e.g. test #69822), so certificates are checkable at the lab. source
✓4.6 across 216 Trustpilot reviews on a claimed profile (read 6 Sep 2026). source
✓Prices verified to the cent, no login: BPC-157 5/10/20mg $37 / $46 / $55; TB-500 5/10mg $33 / $55; NAD+ 500mg $93. source
✓GLP products are house-coded but each page prints the CAS number (semaglutide 910463-68-2, tirzepatide 2023788-19-2, retatrutide 2381089-83-2). source
✓Minneapolis street address and phone published. source
Could not verify · flags
?A legal entity — 'Profound Aminos' is the only name anywhere; the BBB profile lists a trade name only.
?Measured net content — reports could not be read from outside.
?The BBB Scam Tracker allegation — it is a consumer-submitted report, not a finding; we record that it exists and what it says.
!A site-wide legal notice says access is 'restricted to registered users' and you must log in to order; product pages show full pricing and a working Add to cart with no login.
!The Contact page prints support@profoundamino.com (missing the s) and support@profoundsanctum.com — a different domain — alongside the real address.
!Site copyright says 2025; the BBB file opened May 2026 says the business has operated under six months.
!Payment is Venmo, Cash App or Zelle only, and the site's payment notice reads: 'PLEASE DO NOT SELECT "TURN ON FOR PURCHASES" OR "GOODS & SERVICES" IN VENMO OR CASH APP … Selecting buyer protection options … will cause your order to be cancelled.' That removes every dispute path a buyer has.
!BBB Scam Tracker report #1028387 (1 Aug 2025): a consumer alleges a $400 loss for 'fake peptides, falsified documentation' and names the business as 'Profound Aminos and Profound Sanctum'. Unverified consumer report; the second name matches an email domain on the vendor's own contact page.
One vial measured — over-fill beyond 115% is flagged, not rewarded.
Over label (>115%)Tested >12 months before we read it
Verify at the lab Transcribed by Compound Review; the laboratory's report is the record.
Where Profound Aminos ranks by compound
Profound Aminos appears in 6 of our compound rankings. Each ranking orders every scored vendor that sells the compound by rubric score, then verified price per mg.
2026-09-067/10 — re-issued under rubric v2 (was 6/8); not awarded: claims-consistent, identity, clean-record
Purgo Labs: the caveat
Smaller independent review base than several competitors (80 reviews). The catalog is peptide-focused, so researchers also working with SARMs or broader research chemicals will need a second supplier.
Profound Aminos: the caveat
Payment is by Venmo, Cash App or Zelle only, and the site instructs buyers NOT to select purchase protection ('do not select goods & services') — orders using buyer protection are cancelled. A BBB Scam Tracker report (Aug 2025) alleges fake product and falsified documents and names a second brand, 'Profound Sanctum', which also appears in the vendor's own contact emails. No legal entity name. Measured net content not readable from outside.
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Where the evidence points
Where the evidence points
Purgo Labs 10/10
We earn nothing from Profound Aminos. Purgo Labs holds every rubric point — certificates checkable at the lab, measured net content per lot — and is cheaper after codes on 3 of 3 like-for-like vials.
Purgo Labs, on the evidence: 10/10 rubric points against 7/10. Profound Aminos is stronger on 3 points listed below. Every point is a fact you can check on either vendor's site; both are scored by the same published rubric.
Is Profound Aminos legit?
Profound Aminos scores 7/10 on our rubric, has an independently viewable rating of 4.5 (235 reviews), and names its lab (Janoshik Analytical). Caveat: Payment is by Venmo, Cash App or Zelle only, and the site instructs buyers NOT to select purchase protection ('do not select goods & services') — orders using buyer protection are cancelled. A BBB Scam Tracker report (Aug 2025) alleges fake product and falsified documents and names a second brand, 'Profound Sanctum', which also appears in the vendor's own contact emails. No legal entity name. Measured net content not readable from outside.
Which is cheaper, Purgo Labs or Profound Aminos?
On the 3 compound-and-size rows where we have dated prices from both, Profound Aminos lists lower on 0 and Purgo Labs on 3. Purgo's list prices drop 20% with code HEALTH.
Do you earn money from either vendor?
Purgo Labs is our affiliate partner and we earn a commission on referred orders; we earn nothing from Profound Aminos. Scores come from the rubric, which has no partnership input, and the ordering rule on our scoreboard is disclosed.
Why do you flag Dermorphin in Profound Aminos' catalog?
Dermorphin is a mu-opioid receptor agonist peptide - many times more potent than morphine in research models and best known from racehorse doping cases. We make no claim about the product or the vendor's conduct. But an opioid-class compound sold by a vendor whose testing documentation we could not locate is a combination worth naming, because identity verification matters most exactly where a mislabelled vial costs the most - the central lesson of the 2026 Paradigm Peptides federal case.