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kemin.com website review
Visit site (opens in a new tab)Reviewed 25 October 202631 issues · 87 checks
This review found 31 issues worth fixing on kemin.com, 13 of them high impact, across 87 checks. The most urgent: reduce unused JavaScript. Your full playbook turns these into prioritised fixes alongside reviews, competitors and channels.
- Homepage
- Phone render
- Links and pages
- Google PageSpeed
Google PageSpeed Insights (opens in a new tab), mobile
Site score
79CClosest competitors among reviewed websites
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| Date | Real-visitor load time (LCP) |
|---|---|
| May 2, 2026 | 2.5 s |
| May 9, 2026 | 2.5 s |
| May 16, 2026 | 2.5 s |
| May 23, 2026 | 2.5 s |
| May 30, 2026 | 2.5 s |
| Jun 6, 2026 | 2.5 s |
| Jun 13, 2026 | 2.5 s |
| Jun 20, 2026 | 2.5 s |
| Jun 27, 2026 | 2.5 s |
| Jul 4, 2026 | 2.4 s |
| Jul 11, 2026 | 2.4 s |
| Jul 18, 2026 | 2.3 s |
| Jul 25, 2026 | 2.2 s |
| Aug 1, 2026 | 2.2 s |
| Aug 8, 2026 | 2.1 s |
| Aug 15, 2026 | 2.1 s |
| Aug 22, 2026 | 2.0 s |
| Aug 29, 2026 | 2.0 s |
| Sep 5, 2026 | 2.0 s |
| Sep 12, 2026 | 2.0 s |
| Sep 19, 2026 | 2.0 s |
| Sep 26, 2026 | 2.1 s |
| Oct 3, 2026 | 2.0 s |
| Oct 10, 2026 | 2.0 s |
| Oct 17, 2026 | 2.0 s |
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| Date | Real-visitor tap response (INP) |
|---|---|
| May 2, 2026 | 111 ms |
| May 9, 2026 | 110 ms |
| May 16, 2026 | 111 ms |
| May 23, 2026 | 112 ms |
| May 30, 2026 | 114 ms |
| Jun 6, 2026 | 114 ms |
| Jun 13, 2026 | 114 ms |
| Jun 20, 2026 | 114 ms |
| Jun 27, 2026 | 113 ms |
| Jul 4, 2026 | 116 ms |
| Jul 11, 2026 | 116 ms |
| Jul 18, 2026 | 115 ms |
| Jul 25, 2026 | 115 ms |
| Aug 1, 2026 | 115 ms |
| Aug 8, 2026 | 114 ms |
| Aug 15, 2026 | 113 ms |
| Aug 22, 2026 | 113 ms |
| Aug 29, 2026 | 111 ms |
| Sep 5, 2026 | 115 ms |
| Sep 12, 2026 | 118 ms |
| Sep 19, 2026 | 117 ms |
| Sep 26, 2026 | 120 ms |
| Oct 3, 2026 | 119 ms |
| Oct 10, 2026 | 120 ms |
| Oct 17, 2026 | 121 ms |
Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab): real Chrome visitors over rolling 28-day periods.
One score from every part of this review. How it works
Speed
Reduce unused JavaScript
2.6 s · 476 KiBAbout 476 KiB of JavaScript is downloaded but never used on this page. Google estimates it would make the page about 2.6 s faster on a phone.
Use efficient cache lifetimes
1.3 s · 380 KiB29 files are served with short cache lifetimes, so returning visitors download them again (380 KiB).
Render-blocking requests
1.3 s5 files block the first paint until they finish downloading. Deferring or inlining them could save about 1.3 s.
Mobile performance score: 45
45/100Your mobile performance score is 45 (desktop: 83). Under 50 is Google's “poor” band: many phone visitors leave before the page is usable.
8 third-party services on the page
8 third-party services load with your homepage (Wistia, coveo.com and Google Tag Manager and others), adding 1.2 MB and 691 ms of main-thread time.
Reduce unused CSS
600 ms · 107 KiBAbout 107 KiB of CSS is downloaded but never applied on this page. Google estimates it would make the page about 600 ms faster on a phone.
9 long tasks on the main thread
9 long tasks block the main thread while loading, the longest for 349 ms. During a long task the page ignores taps.
Wistia adds 252 ms
252 msWistia costs a phone 252 ms of main-thread work and 354 KiB of downloads while your page loads. Loading it after the page is usable, or only on the pages that need it, takes that off the critical path.
Main-thread work: 2.7 s
A phone's processor spends 2.7 s on main-thread work while loading, 1.7 s of it running JavaScript. Above 2 s, taps and scrolls feel sluggish.
2,413 HTML elements
The page has 2,413 HTML elements. Above 1,500, rendering and every interaction get slower on phones.
coveo.com adds 139 ms
139 mscoveo.com costs a phone 139 ms of main-thread work and 303 KiB of downloads while your page loads. Loading it after the page is usable, or only on the pages that need it, takes that off the critical path.
Minify JavaScript
150 ms · 26 KiB26 KiB could be saved by minifying JavaScript.
Improve image delivery
50 ms · 34 KiB2 images could be 34 KiB smaller with modern formats (WebP or AVIF) and sizes that fit a phone screen. Google estimates it would make the page about 50 ms faster on a phone.
Font display
50 msWeb fonts hide text while they load. Setting font-display: swap shows text immediately (about 50 ms).
Duplicated JavaScript
14 KiB14 KiB JavaScript is shipped twice across bundles.
Phones get a much slower page than desktops
Desktop scores 83 but mobile only 45. A gap that wide usually means heavy scripts and images that hit phones hardest.
Legacy JavaScript
7 KiBPolyfills for old browsers add 7 KiB JavaScript that modern phones do not need.
Chained critical requests
Critical files load one after another instead of in parallel (3 chains). Preconnecting to key origins and preloading the hero image shortens the chain.
Forced reflow
Scripts make the browser recalculate the layout repeatedly while the page loads, which wastes processor time on phones.
Minify CSS
2 KiB2 KiB could be saved by minifying CSS.
1 checks passed
Server response: 4 ms
4 msYour server sent the HTML in 4 ms, well inside Google's 600 ms guideline.
Core Web Vitals
Largest Contentful Paint: 13.5 s
13.5 sYour largest element takes 13.5 s to render on a phone. Google's threshold for “good” is 2.5 s. The largest element is the image “Man and Women in Lab”.
First Contentful Paint: 5.7 s
5.7 sThe first text or image appears after 5.7 s on a phone. Good is under 1.8 s.
Time to Interactive: 14.6 s
14.6 sThe page becomes fully interactive after 14.6 s. Good is under 3.8 s.
Speed Index: 8.6 s
8.6 sVisually, the page fills in at 8.6 s (Speed Index). Good is under 3.4 s.
Total Blocking Time: 474 ms
474 msScripts block taps and scrolling for 474 ms in total while the page loads. Good is under 200 ms.
2 images without width and height
2 images have no width and height attributes, so the layout jumps as each one loads.
Tap response (INP) held steady for real visitors
+9%Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-17, real Chrome visitors' tap response (inp) went from 111 ms to 121 ms at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).
8 checks passed
Passes Core Web Vitals for real visitors
Real Chrome users on phones pass Google's Core Web Vitals on this page (28-day field data from the Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab)).
Real-user LCP: 1.1 s
1.1 sReal visitors wait 1.1 s for the largest content to appear (75th percentile). Good is under 2.5 s.
Real-user INP: 96 ms
96 msReal visitors wait 96 ms for the page to respond to a tap (75th percentile). Good is under 200 ms.
Real-user CLS: 0.00
0.00For real visitors the layout shifts by 0.00 (75th percentile). Good is under 0.1.
Real-user FCP: 1.0 s
1.0 sReal visitors see the first content after 1.0 s (75th percentile). Good is under 1.8 s.
Real-user TTFB: 528 ms
528 msReal visitors wait 528 ms for your server to start answering (75th percentile). Good is under 800 ms.
Largest content (LCP) got 19% faster for real visitors
-19%Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-17, real Chrome visitors' largest content (lcp) went from 2.5 s to 2.0 s at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).
Cumulative Layout Shift: 0
0The layout barely moves while loading (CLS 0, good is under 0.1).
Images and page weight
Page weight: 2.2 MB in 87 requests
2.2 MBYour homepage downloads 2.2 MB in 87 requests on a phone: scripts 1.2 MB (32), images 590 KiB (28) and fonts 214 KiB (3). Under 2 MB keeps phones on slow connections fast.
1 image in older formats
1 image (43 KiB) is JPEG, PNG or GIF. The same pictures as WebP or AVIF are usually much smaller at the same quality, and every current browser shows them.
2 images below the first screen load straight away
2 images further down the page (129 KiB) download before anyone scrolls to them. Adding loading="lazy" lets the first screen load first.
About 0.6 g of CO₂ per visit
0.63 gBy the Sustainable Web Design model, a visit to your homepage emits about 0.63 g of CO₂e: 75.6 kg a year at 10,000 visits a month. It scales with page weight, so every byte cut lowers it.
1 checks passed
Images are sized for phones
No image is downloaded at more than three times the size it is drawn on a phone.
Accessibility
Required ARIA attributes must be provided (1 element)
Required ARIA attributes must be provided: 1 element on the page fails this check, rated critical by axe-core.
1 button without a name
1 button has no accessible name, so screen readers announce just “button”.
All page content should be contained by landmarks (17 elements)
All page content should be contained by landmarks: 17 elements on the page fail this check, rated moderate by axe-core.
Elements with visible text labels do not have matching accessible names.
Elements with visible text labels do not have matching accessible names. (1 element).
2 checks passed
Every image has alt text
All 38 images in the HTML carry an alt attribute.
46 automated accessibility rules passed
axe-core 4.13.0, the open-source engine behind most accessibility testing tools, ran 49 WCAG 2.2 A/AA and best-practice rules on the phone render: 46 passed and 3 failed. 3 mores need a person to judge. Automated rules catch about a third of accessibility problems; the rest need manual testing.
SEO
No H1 headline
There is no <h1>, so neither visitors nor Google get a clear main headline.
No structured data
No structured data (JSON-LD), so Google can't show rich results such as your logo, ratings or FAQs.
1 link with vague text
1 link use generic text like “click here” or “learn more”, which tells Google nothing about the page behind it.
No X (Twitter) card tag
No twitter:card tag. X falls back to Open Graph, which is set, so this is minor.
100 internal links, 8 external
The homepage links to 100 pages on kemin.com and 8 external pages.
6 checks passed
Meta description: 137 characters
Your meta description is 137 characters: “Using applied science, Kemin Industries manufactures over 500 specialty ingredients to improve the quality of life worl…”.
Title: 57 characters
Your title is a healthy 57 characters: “Kemin | Global Ingredient Supplier | Kemin Industries USA”.
Canonical URL set
The canonical URL is https://www.kemin.com/na/en-us/home.
Open Graph tags complete
Open Graph tags are complete, so shared links show a title, description and image.
robots.txt in place
robots.txt is in place and points crawlers to your sitemap.
XML sitemap found
Your XML sitemap is reachable at https://www.kemin.com/sitemap.xml.
AI search readiness
No Organization structured data
There is no Organization (or LocalBusiness) JSON-LD, so search engines and AI assistants have no machine-readable facts about who runs the site: its name, logo, profiles and contact details.
No llms.txt
There is no https://www.kemin.com/llms.txt, a short Markdown guide to your key pages for AI tools (llmstxt.org). It is optional and few AI tools read it yet, so treat it as a cheap extra.
2 checks passed
AI answer engines may read the site
Your robots.txt lets the crawlers behind ChatGPT search, Claude and Perplexity read the site and cite it in answers.
Text is in the HTML
Your server sends the page's text in the HTML (596 words), so crawlers that don't run JavaScript still read it.
Other pages
15 internal pages checked
We fetched 15 pages linked from your homepage (of 34 found) and read each the way a search engine does.
7 checks passed
Linked pages load
All 15 pages we checked loaded without an error.
Canonical URLs point to themselves
No page we checked hands its ranking to a different URL.
Every page has a meta description
All 15 pages that loaded have a meta description.
Titles are unique
Every page we checked has its own title.
Every page has an H1
Each page we checked has a main headline.
No linked page is hidden from search
None of the pages we checked carries a noindex tag.
Every page has a title
All 15 pages that loaded have a <title>.
Best practices
13 small tap targets
13 of 27 tappable elements near the top of the page are smaller than 24 px, hard to hit with a thumb.
Deprecated browser APIs
The page uses 1 deprecated browser API that will stop working in future browsers (“Synchronous `XMLHttpRequest` on the main thread is deprecated because of its detrimental effects to…”).
1 JavaScript error while loading
1 error was logged to the browser console while the page loaded, for example “Loading the script 'https://browser.sentry-cdn.com/9.6.1/bundle.min.js' violates the following Content Security Policy …”.
Browser-reported issues
Chrome logged issues while loading the page (“Content security policy”).
1 checks passed
Mobile viewport set
The page declares a mobile viewport.
Content and conversion
No call to action on the first screen
On a phone, there is no call to action on the first screen: visitors have to scroll to find out what to do next.
No social proof
No testimonials, customer logos, ratings or customer counts on the homepage: nothing tells a new visitor that others already trust you.
No direct contact details
No phone number or email link on the homepage, so ready-to-buy visitors have one fewer way to reach you.
No form on the homepage
There is no form on the homepage, so every lead has to click through to another page first.
No risk reducer
No guarantee or risk reducer (money-back, free trial, no credit card) is mentioned, which is often what tips a hesitant visitor.
About 507 words of copy
The homepage carries about 507 words of visible text.
2 checks passed
4 calls to action
The homepage has 4 calls to action, for example “Contact Us”, “Learn More” and “Contact Kemin”.
Analytics in place
Analytics detected: Google Tag Manager.
Privacy and tracking
2 trackers load before any consent
2Before a visitor clicks anything, the page loads Google Tag Manager and HubSpot (measured from a US location before any click). A consent tool (Cookiebot) is installed; check it blocks these until visitors agree where the law requires it.
4 cookies set on arrival
4Opening the homepage sets 4 cookies (measured from a US location before any click).
25 other companies contacted
Loading the homepage contacts 25 hosts run by other companies (fonts, scripts, analytics, ads), each of which sees the visitor's IP address.
1 checks passed
Consent tool: Cookiebot
A consent management tool (Cookiebot) loads with the page.
Security, domain, email and software versions
The security, domain and email checks, software and plugin versions, and any app with a known security problem are visible only to people at kemin.com, because details like these could help someone attack a site. Every review keeps them private, whatever they found.
Upkeep, stack and company
Stack
- Framework
- jQuery
- Analytics
- Google Tag Manager
- Hosting
- Azure
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