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For Cosmetic Brand Owners
A peptide active only becomes a product when the documentation is as finished as the powder. Pepoderma supplies the four most-specified cosmetic peptides with the INCI line, the batch certificate of analysis, allergen and TSE-BSE statements, and a sourcing story your claims and creative teams can stand behind — so the ingredient your formulator validates is the same one your packaging copy can name with confidence.
Actives for this brief
3-mer
Copper tripeptide-1
5-mer
Palmitoyl pentapeptide-4
Acetyl octapeptide-3 · cosmetic peptide
3-mer
Copper peptide AHK
How we support you
Every active ships with its INCI name and the documentation your regulatory partner needs to place it on a label. We hand you the ingredient identity exactly as it should appear — no decoding, no guesswork between the powder and the panel.
A batch-specific certificate of analysis, allergen and TSE-BSE statements, and an SDS travel with each order. When a retailer or marketplace asks how a claim is substantiated upstream, the paper is already in your hands.
Buyers and press ask where the active comes from. We give you a transparent, consistent account of the material — grade, origin, and quality controls — so the story on your About page matches the document in your dossier.
Sourcing GHK-Cu, Matrixyl, SNAP-8, and AHK-Cu from a single atelier keeps documentation formatting, lead times, and contact consistent as your range grows from one hero serum to a full routine.
Your brief, our side
You are not buying a chemical — you are buying the first paragraph of a product story. The active has to satisfy your formulator on the bench and your claims reviewer on paper, and both of those people answer to the same launch date. When the INCI line, the COA, and the sourcing narrative arrive together, a brief becomes a brief you can actually brief a team on.
What slows a brand launch is rarely the powder; it is chasing a document that should have shipped with it. Pepoderma's side of the work is to make the documentation as finished as the active — so your team spends its energy on positioning, creative, and the formula, not on reconciling a missing allergen statement two weeks before a photoshoot.
Regions served: Global · concentrated in EU · UK · USA · Korea · MENA
Sourcing questions
Yes. Every active ships with its INCI name and the supporting documentation your regulatory partner needs to place it on the ingredient panel. We are a raw-material supplier, so finished-product registration and claims substantiation remain the brand owner's responsibility — but the ingredient-level identity, the batch COA, allergen and TSE-BSE statements, and the SDS are provided so your dossier starts complete.
Yes — sampling is the normal first step. We send a small sample quantity with the batch documentation so your formulator can validate compatibility and your claims team can review the paperwork before any MOQ is committed. Tell us the actives you are evaluating and the brief, and we scope the sample and the lead time together.
MOQ is quoted per active and per order rather than published, because it depends on the active, the grade, and your packaging plan. Brand owners typically start at a launch-scale quantity for a hero product and scale per SKU as the range grows; sourcing the whole range from one atelier keeps the terms and documentation consistent as you expand. Share your expected volumes when you request a quote.
Each order ships with its own batch-specific certificate of analysis keyed to the lot, so you can document the exact material behind each production run. We hold the actives and their documentation structure consistent across re-orders so your formula and your label copy stay aligned without revalidating the paperwork every cycle.
From the Journal
Field Guide
The Four Types of Cosmetic Peptides: Signal, Neurotransmitter, Carrier, and Enzyme-Inhibitor
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Regulatory
INCI Naming for Cosmetic Peptide Actives — Decoding the Label You're Putting on Your Brand
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Comparison
Argireline vs SNAP-8 vs Matrixyl: Choosing a Wrinkle-Active Peptide for Your Formula
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Quality
Reading a Cosmetic-Grade Peptide COA — What Indie Brand Founders Actually Need to Check
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Other brands we supply
Contract Manufacturers
Contract and private-label houses that need consistent bulk supply of the same active, batch documentation that satisfies their clients' audits, and MOQ terms that fit a fill schedule.
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Formulators & Cosmetic Chemists
R&D chemists who need compatibility, stability, and layering guidance for a peptide active — and a supplier who points them to vetted technical reading rather than marketing claims.
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Indie & Clean-Beauty Brands
Small and independent brands that need low MOQ, transparent sourcing, easy sampling, and clean allergen and TSE-BSE documentation to back the standards they market on.
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First response under 12 hours · Catalog · Sample COA · MOQ · Lead time. Our regulatory and atelier teams review every inquiry before pricing.
