Every label claim should be checkable by anyone, in seconds, for free. That sentence is the whole company — the rest of this page is who does the work.
V-Cert is run by a certification team that has been doing this work since 2016 — reviewing formulations and supplier declarations, writing standards, issuing and maintaining certificates, and handling the unglamorous machinery of renewals, suspensions and complaints. Across our certification programs, that team has served 500+ facilities, from single-line startups to multi-site manufacturers.
V-Cert is our clean-label program: vegan, vegetarian, gluten-free, non-GMO and cruelty-free marks, issued through a remote desk review and backed by a certificate anyone can check. The program launched in 2026— we say that plainly, because a certification body that inflates its own history has no business verifying anyone else’s claims. The program is new; the craft is not.
Headquartered in New York. Certifying manufacturers worldwide — remote desk review in any time zone. Remote-first means the review examines your documents, formulations and supplier declarations — not your travel calendar. It is the honest reason the work takes days, not months.
V-Cert Inc. is a Patron — Lifetime member of the International Vegetarian Union, the international association of vegetarian and vegan societies, founded in 1908. IVU lists V-Cert on its patrons page.
The document
Example certificate
This one has not been issued to anyone. It is drawn from the same component that draws a real certificate, so it shows exactly the fields yours would carry: the certificate number, the holder, the mark, the standard it was reviewed against and the validity dates. The chip records the decision at issue — what a certificate is today is what a check of its number returns.
V-Cert · Certificate of conformity
US-V-0926-0001
Example Foods Ltd.
12 SKUs — plant-based snack range, one manufacturing site.
Standard
V-Cert Vegan Standard · v1.0
Mark
Vegan
Valid from
Valid until
CertifiedScan to open the verification portal
On an issued certificate the QR opens that certificate’s own record on the V-Cert verification portal. On this example it opens the portal’s entry form, where any certificate number can be typed in by hand.
What we believe
Three commitments, in writing
Honest scoping
If a desk review — or V-Cert itself — is not the right fit for your claim, your category or your buyer’s requirements, we say so at the quote stage, before you pay anything. A certification body that oversells its own scope has no business verifying anyone else’s claims.
Nothing a buyer has to take our word for
Every certificate we issue — including the ones we suspend or withdraw — is on the certificate portal from the day it is signed, open to anyone with the number. If we issued it, it is there.
No black boxes
What each mark requires is written out on its certification page, and the rules for granting, suspending and withdrawing certificates are published in full — there is nothing to take on faith.
Who reviews your file
V-Cert Certification Team
Every application is reviewed by a person, and every decision email is signed by this team. We publish the roles that touch your file rather than stock headshots — the accountability you can actually check is in what each mark requires, not in a portrait.
Lead reviewer — food & supplements
Reviews formulations, supplier declarations and label artwork for food, beverage and supplement scopes, and signs the certification decision for each file.
Cosmetics & personal care reviewer
Handles cosmetics scopes — vegan and cruelty-free claims, INCI ingredient review, and the supplier evidence trail behind each of them.
Certificates & client operations
Issues every certificate, suspension and withdrawal to the verification portal, and keeps quotes, checklists and renewal reminders moving on time.
Track record — clients certified by our team across its programs since 2016
Compass GroupInstitutional catering
Emirates Flight CateringIn-flight catering
BojanglesQSR seasoning
PuratosBakery ingredients
BactolacSupplements
Gan ShmuelJuices
Beyond OilFoodtech
Compass GroupInstitutional catering
Emirates Flight CateringIn-flight catering
BojanglesQSR seasoning
PuratosBakery ingredients
BactolacSupplements
Gan ShmuelJuices
Beyond OilFoodtech
ChunkPlant-based meat
TopGumNutraceutical gummies
TurpazFlavors
HBI EuroCapsSoft-gel encapsulation
VitalabsSupplements
Certified manufacturer, South KoreaGrant-supported program
ChunkPlant-based meat
TopGumNutraceutical gummies
TurpazFlavors
HBI EuroCapsSoft-gel encapsulation
VitalabsSupplements
Certified manufacturer, South KoreaGrant-supported program
Certification is an accountability business, so here is exactly who stands behind every certificate — the same details that appear in our structured data and on the certificates themselves.
Legal entity
V-Cert Inc.
Office
2352 Coney Island Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11223, United States
