Modified Aminos

Testing methods

Not publicly disclosed.

Testing lab

Not publicly disclosed.

Most recent COA

Not publicly posted.

OpenAssay score ↗

— pending integration with openassay.org.

• Testing transparency

  12/40

  Public 7-category testing rubric grade plus disclosed testing methods plus a named third-party lab. The full range is gated on the vendor publicly naming the tests they run; a high rubric grade without disclosure caps at 18 of 40.

• Operational & regulatory standing

  6/25

  Reflects FDA actions, payment-processor issues, ownership uncertainty, closures, and editorial audit notes the vendor-risk monitor has surfaced. A recent published COA earns a small bonus on top of the operational base.

• Operational stability

  8/15

  Vendor age. 5+ years of operation earns full points; 1 year or less earns minimal credit. Absent foundedYear earns a neutral default; absence of data is not proof of risk.

• Verification tier

  10/10

  Editorial tier assignment based on documentation completeness, response to corrections, and presence of verifiable business address. Tier 1 vendors meet the highest bar.

• Price discipline

  10/10

  Heuristic check on aggressive discounting. Reasonable codes (<=25%) earn full points; 25-40% earns half; >40% off list often signals inventory clearance or churn and earns zero.

Modified Aminos surfaces as the lowest-graded operational tier-1 vendor on the Pepticker ledger as of May 2026, with an F grade of 46. The shortfall is concentrated in two columns: testing transparency (the testingMethods array is empty) and regulatory standing (watch status with an audit note flagging that public storefront browsing is gated and that advertised testing claims could not be independently verified at the time of listing). The Trust Score is built from a 12-of-40 testing component, a 6-of-25 regulatory standing, an 8-of-15 stability bonus that two-year-old vendors earn, and the full 10-of-10 tier and price-discipline components. The watch flag persists until the storefront opens to public browsing or the vendor publishes verifiable testing methodology. The 2024 founding date also bounds the stability bonus by 7 points relative to longer-established peers. Buyers should confirm the storefront accepts orders before creating an account; gated browsing complicates pre-purchase verification of SKUs, batch COAs, and pricing. Modified Aminos is not frequently cross-shopped within the tier-1 set; the gating step routes most readers toward open-storefront alternatives. The 10% discount code (MODA10) is conservative, but the price-discipline component does not compensate for the broader transparency gap that drives the F grade.

Editorial rationale tying the Trust Score to component evidence. Send corrections to corrections@pepticker.com.