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Cold chain and unboxing

Peptides leave us cold and should arrive cold. Here is what is in the box and how to tell the chain held.

HP Written by the Hello Peptides lab team · Updated June 2026

What arrives

  • Your vials, in their cartons, inside an insulated liner
  • A frozen gel pack. It may have thawed by the time it reaches you; that is expected
  • A temperature indicator card
  • The batch certificate for each product
  • The research use only notice

The indicator card

The card has a window that turns from white to red if the parcel spent long enough above 8°C to matter. A white window means the chain held. Pink or red: photograph the card and the parcel label and contact us the same day. We replace affected vials without argument.

The first ten minutes

  1. 01
    Check the indicatorBefore anything else.
  2. 02
    RefrigerateVials into the fridge in their cartons. The gel pack can be refrozen and reused.
  3. 03
    File the certificateOr find it any time in your account under Certificates.
Not in for the courier?Choose a delivery address where someone can receive the parcel. A cold-chain box should not sit on a doorstep in summer.
Research use onlyProducts are supplied for laboratory research and are not for human or animal consumption, diagnosis or treatment. Questions about a batch? Contact the lab with the batch number.
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