Testing lab
ILS Laboratories: what we could verify
San Diego, California, United States. ISO/IEC 17025 (PJLA), but the scope covers cannabis and hemp only. Named on the COAs of 11 vendors we track. Checked Oct 16, 2026.
- Website
- ils-lab.com
- Location
- San Diego, California, United States [1]
- Run by
- ILS Labs, Inc. performs the testing; ILS Analytical LLC operates the website, client portal and billing (per the Terms) [1]
- Accreditation
- Accredited. PJLA's directory lists ILS Labs, Inc. dba Quality Cannabis Laboratories (San Diego) as holding ISO/IEC 17025:2017 accreditation, active on 2026-10-16: first accredited 2021-05-14, certificate issued 2025-08-22, expires 2027-08-31. The accredited scope covers only cannabis and hemp products: pesticides, cannabinoids (HPLC-UV), residual solvents, heavy metals (ICP-MS), terpenes, mycotoxins, water activity and moisture, foreign matter, microbial screening and sampling. It does not list peptide or pharmaceutical testing, endotoxin or sterility. [2] [3] [4]
- How to check a COA
- Each COA carries a QR code and an access code that can be checked at ils-lab.com/verify; the site says no login is required. [5]
- Who can send samples
- Businesses. The site lists supplements, cosmetics, peptides, raw materials and cannabis among the industries it serves and does not say whether private individuals can order. [4]
- Turnaround
- About one week. Rush reporting is 3 business days. [6]
Also worth knowing
- Its home page headlines “ISO 17025 Accredited Laboratory” above its peptide testing, with the note “ISO/IEC 17025 accredited for activities within our accredited scope”; the certificate's scope lists cannabis and hemp work only. [4] [2]
Tests it offers
- Purity and quantity by reversed-phase HPLC (USP <621>), reported as purity percentage and content per vial [6]
- Identity by HPLC retention-time match against reference standards [6]
- Identity by LC-MS, as a custom add-on [6]
- Endotoxin by kinetic chromogenic LAL (USP <85>), reported in EU/mg [6]
- Heavy metals by ICP-MS (ICH Q3D elements) [6]
- Rapid sterility screen by DNA microarray [6]
- Amino acid analysis and sequence confirmation, as custom work [7]
Published prices
| What it covers | Price | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Full QC panel: HPLC identity, purity and quantity; endotoxin; rapid sterility screen; ICP-MS metals; per sample | $600 | [6] |
| HPLC panel: identity, purity and quantity; per sample | $200 | [6] |
| HPLC conformity sample, each | $50 | [6] |
| Additional-brand COA, each | $100 | [6] |
| Rush, 3-business-day reporting, each | $150 | [6] |
As listed on the lab's own pages on Oct 16, 2026, in US dollars.
Vendors whose COAs name ILS Laboratories
11 vendors we track name ILS Laboratories on the COAs they publish, most transparent first. A vendor's COA is the vendor's document: check that its batch number matches your vial, and look it up with the lab.
| Vendor | Transparency | COAs |
|---|---|---|
| Glacier Aminos | 85 | Batch COAs public |
| Mile High Compounds | 85 | Batch COAs public |
| Evolve BioPep | 83 | Batch COAs public |
| Virtus Peptides | 80 | Batch COAs public |
| EZ Peptides | 75 | Batch COAs public |
| Premier Bio Labs | 72 | Generic COAs only |
| NovaForge Labs | 67 | Generic COAs only |
| Nextgen Peptides | 60 | Batch COAs public |
| Peptide Maxxing | 40 | Batch COAs public |
| Northline Labs | 37 | Generic COAs only |
| Regenerative Research | 32 | Generic COAs only |
Sources
- Terms of Service | ILS Laboratories
- [PDF, title metadata not readable] PJLA Certificate of Accreditation L25-631, ILS Labs, Inc. dba Quality Cannabis Laboratories
- Search Accredited Organizations - Perry Johnson Laboratory Accreditation, Inc.
- Peptide QC & Analytical Testing | ILS Laboratories
- Verify Certificate of Analysis | ILS Laboratories
- Peptide QC Testing: Full QC & HPLC Panels | ILS Laboratories
- Research Peptide Testing | ILS Laboratories