Plain answers about Faketides

Pick the tests you want, pay, and ship your vials with any carrier. Each test is $10 per vial. Include your order number inside the box; postage-due packages are refused. You get your photos within 48 hours of your package's delivery, weekends and holidays included, or the order is free. You get one Photo Certificate per order covering the tests you ordered. Every photo includes a control vial next to your sample and a signed chain-of-custody sheet. We don't interpret the pictures. We reconstitute dry samples with 1 ml of distilled water and add 1 ml of reagent.

A faketide, in our words, is a vial that is pure filler with no protein, like mannitol. We look for proteins. The reagent turns purple when protein is present, and a pure-filler vial should stay blue (in theory; this is not guaranteed). A darker purple can mean more protein, but not always; Faketides does not measure amount, identify or report anything - you can see the picture yourself. A low concentration may not produce a visible color change even if protein is present.

No. Peptides are short chains of amino acids — basically small proteins — and the reagent (biuret) turns purple when enough peptide or protein is present. Not everything sold next to peptides is a peptide. These are not proteins and will not turn purple: NAD+, 5-Amino-1MQ, Methylene blue, L-carnitine, B12 (cyanocobalamin), and Testosterone (a steroid). Glutathione is only 3 amino acids long, so any purple may be faint.

No. Every vial is its own vial. In a perfect world, one good vial would mean the whole batch is good, but we don't live in a perfect world, especially when you're buying over WhatsApp or Telegram. One vial's photo doesn't tell you about the other vials, even from the same batch. If you want to know about a vial, test that vial.

It can't catch a mislabeled vial. If the vial holds the wrong protein, the reagent still turns purple, and any other protein in the vial would turn it purple too. It also can't tell you which protein is in the vial, how pure it is or how much is in it. It only shows whether protein is present. It can also miss protein: a low concentration may not produce a visible color change even though a peptide or protein is there (a false negative). Each vial is its own result. One vial's photo doesn't tell you about other vials, even from the same batch. If you want to know about a vial, test that vial.

Yes. We accept both liquid and dry (lyophilized) samples, including vials that have already been reconstituted and are partly used. If an opened vial isn't performing as expected, you can send it in for a protein check. Please note that submitted vials are not returned. We reconstitute dry samples with 1 ml of distilled water and add 1 ml of reagent. A low concentration may not produce a visible color change.

If you order the Protein test, you get two photographs per vial: the reagent vial next to yours before adding reagent, and the same two vials after it sits for 5 minutes. If you order the 3-drug strip test, you get a 3-in-1 strip photo. Every order includes one Photo Certificate covering the tests you ordered, and a verify page with the camera's timestamps. Each photo includes a signed chain-of-custody sheet - the person doing each step signs that step.

Your photos are yours. Post them on Reddit (r/Peptides, r/PeptideSource, r/GLP1ResearchTalk), StairwayToGray, MESO-Rx, or GLP-1 Forum for debate, send them to your vendor, or keep them private. Use them however you like.

Black Friday Month special: 1 vial tested, protein + drug strip, $14.99 Nov 13 through Dec 1. You can buy as many of that special as you like, and add extra protein or drug strip tests to the same order (3 specials are 3 vials, $44.97). The Protein test is $10 per vial. The 3-drug strip test (a 3-in-1 strip photo) is $10 per vial. Both tests on a vial are $20. Ten Protein tests are $100. Ten vials with both are $149.90. Each mail-in order includes one Photo Certificate covering the tests you ordered. The Photo Certificate is photos only - not an identity, purity, or dose test. A You test it drug test strip or 3 ml of protein reagent is $10 each. US shipping is free. About 1 ml per vial, so 3 ml tests about 3 vials.

Photos within 48 hours of delivery, weekends and holidays included, or it's free. If we never receive your package, or it arrives damaged, we're happy to issue a full refund.

Ship with any carrier, any way you like. Include your order number inside the box. We do not accept postage-due packages - those are refused. Samples are not returned. We keep them for 48 hours after the photos are taken, then destroy them. If a controlled substance is detected with a test strip, that sample is disposed of immediately. We supply the shipping address for your order on your confirmation screen and in your confirmation email once the order is paid. If we never receive your package, or it arrives damaged, we're happy to issue a full refund.

If we never receive your package, or it arrives damaged, we're happy to issue a full refund. Photos where the reagent does not change color are not refunded. We still deliver the photos; no color change is still a result. Photos within 48 hours of delivery, weekends and holidays included, or it's free.

Samples are not returned. We keep them for 48 hours after the photos are taken, then destroy them. If a controlled substance is detected with a test strip, that sample is disposed of immediately.

Yes. Choose Private at checkout - your unique link stays off search engines and out of the public gallery. Public records go in the gallery. Both choices are free. Go public and get a free dofollow backlink to your website on your report. Start private, go public later for $10.

No. Faketides is not a laboratory and is not accredited or certified. The photos we send you are informal and non-professional, for informational purposes only. They are not medical, safety or quality advice, and they do not confirm identity, purity, dose or safety. Testing is not done in a sterile environment, a cleanroom or a fume hood. It's simply people mixing about 1 ml of sample with 1 ml of reagent, taking photos, and sometimes dipping a test strip. Any of this can be inaccurate. False positives and false negatives happen, and many substances can turn purple. You look at the photos and judge them yourself.

Faketides is run by the Snowman Research team. We're not a lab - just enthusiasts who got burned by a faketide ourselves, and we don't want anyone else to end up like us. We act as a neutral third party and photograph the vials.

We just do what we say: every vial gets the same simple test, photographed with camera timestamps and before-and-after shots, and you judge the photos. Faketides is a community service that's here for anyone who wants it. We're not an accredited lab and don't claim to be.

Yes, of course. It's good for us: it keeps us from making the same mistake twice, and using it ourselves helps us build the service from a customer's point of view, which makes it better for everyone. We learned that the hard way: a retatrutide vial we paid $360 to lab test came back with no peptide detected, and Janoshik told us the only thing in it was mannitol. See the COA and Janoshik's email

Each photo includes a signed chain-of-custody sheet, standing in the frame next to the vials. The person doing each step - receiving the package, logging the vials, reconstituting, taking the Before photo, adding reagent, taking the After photo, and destroying the samples - signs that step.

When you choose Public, you can add your business or display name and website URL. Those appear on your public report as a normal dofollow link. Private records never show it. You can also start private and go public later, after the photos are ready, for an update fee, and we'll publish the record with your link. Start private, go public later for $10.

The 3-drug strip test is an optional test at $10 per vial: a 3-in-1 strip photo (fentanyl / xylazine / nitazenes). If you add it, every vial in the order gets it. You can order it alone or with the Protein test ($10 per vial, or $20 per vial for both). Drops from the vial are read at 5 minutes, in the same window as the reagent. Photos only, not guaranteed results.

Protein test: the biuret reagent forms a purple complex with peptide bonds. Published working ranges vary by method, and a low concentration may not produce a visible color change. A darker purple can mean more protein, but not always; Faketides does not measure amount. See About the biuret reagent on the home page. Drug strip: according to its maker, the US-made Instanosis 3-in-1 strip picks up fentanyl from 2 ng/mL, xylazine from 10 ng/mL and nitazenes from 50 ng/mL. Both are photos only, and results aren't guaranteed.

We mail you a test unit so you can test a vial yourself. Choose a drug test strip or 3 ml of protein reagent for $10 each. US shipping is free. The reagent turns color when enough protein is present; low concentrations can read as a false negative. About 1 ml per vial, so 3 ml tests about 3 vials. You test it orders are private and do not include a photo certificate. We need a US shipping address at checkout.

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