~$500,000
QTOF Mass Spectrometer
Identifies and quantifies compounds at parts-per-billion levels. One of the tools we’re installing to check what labels leave out.
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Inside the Lab
Real equipment in build-out. Methods and procedures are still being validated before any product results are published.
TPR Lab · In Build-Out
Where the label meets the mass spectrometer.
Product labels are easy to print and hard to verify. A company can put any word on a bottle — natural, pure, lab analyzed. Words cost nothing to write.
Checking what is actually inside takes real equipment. The kind that sits behind a locked door, in a room with humidity control and an air filter.
We're building that room — and we'll open the door.
Every product will go through the same path once the lab is online. No shortcuts.
Step 01
Future samples will be bought from ordinary retail shelves, then logged, photographed, and sealed under the validated intake procedure.
Step 02
Chain-of-custody protocols kick in. Aliquots will be prepped under clean-room conditions to keep contamination out.
Step 03
QTOF, GC×GC-TOF, and IC runs will identify what is present. Unknowns flag for second-lab follow-up.
Step 04
An independent, accredited lab will confirm every primary finding before anything goes public.
Step 05
No narrative until the numbers say so. Every chart will link directly back to the chromatogram it came from.
Three of the tools we're bringing online to do the heavy lifting.
~$500,000
Identifies and quantifies compounds at parts-per-billion levels. One of the tools we’re installing to check what labels leave out.
~$300,000
Will pull mixed ingredients apart so we can compare findings to what the label claims — especially useful for fragrance and flavor blends.
~$200,000
Will spot hidden ions and preservatives the label doesn't mention — the kind of thing that looks like nothing and turns out to be something.
What raw instrument output looks like — before anyone writes a word about it.
Example chromatogram. Sensitive metadata removed.
That gap is why the lab exists.
Lab in build-out
Evidence first
Member funded
Inside the Lab
Real equipment in build-out. Methods and procedures are still being validated before any product results are published.
Product labels are easy to print and hard to verify. A company can put any word on a bottle — natural, pure, lab analyzed. Words cost nothing to write.
Checking what is actually inside takes real equipment. The kind most people never have access to. The kind that sits behind a locked door in a room with humidity control and an air filter.
We're building that room — and we'll document what is ready before testing begins.
Instrumentation
Three of the tools we're bringing online to do the heavy lifting.
~$500,000
Identifies and quantifies compounds at parts-per-billion levels. One of the tools we’re installing to check what labels leave out.
~$300,000
Will pull mixed ingredients apart so we can compare findings to what the label claims — especially useful for fragrance and flavor blends.
~$200,000
Will spot hidden ions and preservatives the label doesn't mention — the kind of thing that looks like nothing and turns out to be something.
Lab milestones
Every product will go through the same path once the lab is online. No shortcuts, no brand flyovers.
We will buy from ordinary retail shelves. No brand samples or PR kits.
Every future sample will be logged, photographed, and sealed under the validated intake procedure.
QTOF, GC×GC-TOF, and IC runs will identify what is present. Unknowns flag for follow-up.
An independent accredited lab will confirm findings before anything goes public.
No narrative until the numbers say so. Charts will link directly back to chromatograms.
Raw data
Illustrative chromatogram — an example of the output our instruments will produce.
Closing that gap is why we're building the lab. Browse our screening reports, or help prioritize future testing.
Lab in build-out
Evidence first
Member funded