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Peptides HQ review
No dosing content and a clear research-use disclaimer, but no lab reports, no policy pages, and hidden review markup with templated reviews.
Score by criterion
0 / 35Lab-verified quality
0 / 15Independent reviews
1 / 15Business transparency
11 / 15Responsible marketing
6 / 10Price
3 / 10Delivery, payment & policies
Share of criterion points: 0 <25% 25–49% 50–74% 75%+
Key findings
- The site says every batch is tested by accredited labs and that a COA is "available on request". No certificate or lab name is published.
- The page code contains hidden reviews that are not shown to visitors. The same reviewer names and text repeat across products, all dated 21 Jun 2026, including five reviews on a product that cannot be bought.
- There are no terms, privacy, returns or shipping pages; all tested policy URLs return 404.
- "Reta 20" costs R5,890, 3.3 times the price of "Reta 30" (R1,800).
- Contact is by web form only. No legal entity or address beyond "South Africa".
Score breakdown
Lab-verified quality
0 / 35| Item | Points | What we found |
|---|---|---|
| Published retatrutide lab report | 0 / 10 | No retatrutide COA published. The About page says the COA is 'available on request', which scores 0. |
| Report can be verified with the lab | 0 / 8 | No COA, so nothing can be verified. No lab is named and there are no links to any lab. Source: peptideshq.co.za |
| Report tied to current stock | 0 / 6 | No batch or lot numbers anywhere on the site. Source: peptideshq.co.za |
| Report is recent | 0 / 4 | No dated test document. Source: peptideshq.co.za |
| Purity and measured content | 0 / 4 | No test result published. '99%+ purity' is a claim, not a result. Source: peptideshq.co.za |
| Independent buyer-submitted test | 0 / 3 | No Finnrick vendor page (slugs peptides-hq, peptideshq, peptides-hq-sa all 404). No FAIL on record. Source: finnrick.com |
| Signs of fabricated test dataDeduction, up to -3 | 0 | No COA, test summary or COA preview is published, so there is nothing to check for fabrication. |
Independent reviews
0 / 15| Item | Points | What we found |
|---|---|---|
| Review volume | 0 / 5 | No profile used. Hellopeter slugs 404. Trustpilot blocked us (Not verified), which counts as no profile; an earlier check saw 'page could not be found'. No Google rating found. |
| Average rating | 0 / 6 | Not scored: fewer than 5 reviews on an independent profile. |
| Replies to complaints | 0 / 4 | No third-party profile. |
| Review manipulationDeduction, up to -5 | -5 | Hidden schema.org reviews in the product structured data, not shown on the page. The same reviewer names ('Prof. S. Naidoo', 'Dr. L. Mthembu'...) and templated text with the product name swapped appear across products, all dated 2026-06-21. Reta 40 carries 5 reviews but is out of stock with no price and cannot have been bought. Criterion 2 floors at 0. |
Business transparency
1 / 15| Item | Points | What we found |
|---|---|---|
| Legal entity name | 0 / 3 | Only the trading name 'Peptides HQ'. No (Pty) Ltd or other legal entity, including in the structured data. Source: peptideshq.co.zapeptideshq.co.za |
| CIPC registration number | 0 / 4 | No CIPC number. Source: peptideshq.co.za |
| Physical address | 0 / 4 | Address shown is only 'South Africa'. City landing-page structured data gives only addressRegion 'Gauteng' (a region, scores 0). Source: peptideshq.co.za |
| Contact channels | 1 / 2 | Channels: contact form only. The email [email protected] is only in hidden structured data, so it does not count. No phone or WhatsApp. Source: peptideshq.co.za |
| Named responsible person | 0 / 2 | No named responsible person. Source: peptideshq.co.za |
Responsible marketing
11 / 15Starts at 15; deductions below. Cannot go below 0.
| Item | Points | What we found |
|---|---|---|
| Weight-loss or disease claimsDeduction, up to -3 | 0 | No direct weight-loss or treatment claim to the buyer. The product lists 'Appetite Signaling Studies' and 'Body Composition Research' as research applications. The blog discusses trial outcomes. Source: peptideshq.co.zapeptideshq.co.za |
| Approval or safety claimsDeduction, up to -3 | 0 | No claim of regulatory approval or safety found. Source: peptideshq.co.za |
| Testing claims without a documentDeduction, up to -2 | -2 | 'Every batch is verified at 99%+ purity... by independent, accredited laboratories', 'GMP-certified manufacturing partners', 'ISO-accredited quality systems', '99%+ purity guaranteed', 'Every product is lab-tested and shipped with a certificate of analysis', with no retatrutide COA published. |
| Disguised product nameDeduction, up to -2 | -2 | The two in-stock listings are named 'Reta 30' and 'Reta 20' and do not name retatrutide on the page. Only the out-of-stock Reta 40 names 'Retatrutide (LY3437943)'. Source: peptideshq.co.zapeptideshq.co.za |
| No research-use disclaimerDeduction, up to -2 | 0 | Disclaimer present: 'For research purposes only. Not for human consumption.' (Reta 30). Source: peptideshq.co.zapeptideshq.co.za |
| Registered drug brand namesDeduction, up to -2 | 0 | Mounjaro/Ozempic/Wegovy appear only in an educational comparison table in the blog. No product is named or tagged with them. Source: peptideshq.co.za |
Price
6 / 10| Item | Points | What we found |
|---|---|---|
| Prices public, mg stated in text | 4 / 4 | All three retatrutide listings state mg in text (30 mg, 20 mg, 40 mg). Reta 30 and Reta 20 show public prices. Reta 40 shows 'Price Coming Soon' and is out of stock. |
| Price per mg vs market median | 2 / 6 | Reta 30 (30 mg sterile vial): R1 800 for 30 mg = R60.00 per mg. Median across rated sellers: R51.66 per mg. Source: peptideshq.co.za |
Delivery, payment & policies
3 / 10| Item | Points | What we found |
|---|---|---|
| Delivery terms | 1 / 3 | Timeframe only: '2-3 day delivery anywhere in South Africa'. No courier named ('trusted couriers'). No visible shipping cost; structured data says shippingRate 0 ZAR, and a price-comparison site lists R250. Source: peptideshq.co.za |
| Cold-chain packaging | 2 / 2 | About page: 'Temperature-monitored, discreet packaging'. an earlier check also recorded 'Temperature-controlled supply chain'. Source: peptideshq.co.za |
| Returns for wrong or damaged goods | 0 / 2 | No returns or refund policy. All probed policy URLs 404. The product structured data declares MerchantReturnNotPermitted, merchantReturnDays 0. |
| Card payment through a gateway | 0 / 3 | Not verified. Checkout needs sign-in. No payment method is stated on public pages and no gateway was found in the public HTML. Source: peptideshq.co.za |
How firm is this place?
With equal weights for all six criteria, Peptides HQ would be place 12. With our draft weights (quality 30, reviews 20), place 12. How we rate.
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