~$500,000
QTOF Mass Spectrometer
Identifies and quantifies compounds at parts-per-billion levels. This is one of the tools we use to check what labels leave out.
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Inside the Lab
Real equipment. Real results. Real products pulled off store shelves. Here's what the bench looks like on a Tuesday.
TPR Lab · Bench 3
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 opened the door.
Every product goes through the same path. No shortcuts.
Step 01
We buy from the same shelves you do. Every sample is logged, photographed, and sealed with two techs signing off.
Step 02
Chain-of-custody protocols kick in. Aliquots are prepped under clean-room conditions to keep contamination out.
Step 03
QTOF, GC×GC-TOF, and IC runs identify what is present. Unknowns flag for second-lab follow-up.
Step 04
An independent, accredited lab confirms every primary finding before anything goes public.
Step 05
No narrative until the numbers say so. Every chart links directly back to the chromatogram it came from.
Three of the tools that do the heavy lifting on every product we screen.
~$500,000
Identifies and quantifies compounds at parts-per-billion levels. This is one of the tools we use to check what labels leave out.
~$300,000
Pulls mixed ingredients apart so we can compare what we find to what the label claims — especially useful for fragrance and flavor blends.
~$200,000
Spots hidden ions and preservatives the label doesn't mention — the kind of thing that looks like nothing and turns out to be something.
Raw lab output — before anyone writes a word about it.
Example chromatogram. Sensitive metadata removed.
That gap is why the lab exists.
Real lab
Real findings
Member funded
Inside the Lab
Real equipment. Real results. Real products pulled off store shelves. Here is what the bench looks like on a Tuesday.
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 opened the door.
Instrumentation
Three of the tools that do the heavy lifting on every product we screen.
~$500,000
Identifies and quantifies compounds at parts-per-billion levels. This is one of the tools we use to check what labels leave out.
~$300,000
Pulls mixed ingredients apart so we can compare what we find to what the label claims — especially useful for fragrance and flavor blends.
~$200,000
Spots 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 goes through the same path. No shortcuts, no brand flyovers.
We buy from the same shelves you do. No brand samples, no PR kits.
Every sample is logged, photographed, and sealed. Two techs sign off.
QTOF, GC×GC-TOF, and IC runs identify what is present. Unknowns flag for follow-up.
An independent accredited lab confirms findings before anything goes public.
No narrative until the numbers say so. Charts link directly back to chromatograms.
Raw data
Example chromatogram. Real lab output (sensitive metadata removed).
That gap is why the lab exists. Browse what we found, or help decide what we test next.
Real lab
Real findings
Member funded