# Pascha Chocolate Co NEW! Organic & Vegan Salted Caramel Baking Chips (8 Bags) — TilliT proof check

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## Product

- **Brand:** Pascha Chocolate Co
- **Product:** NEW! Organic & Vegan Salted Caramel Baking Chips (8 Bags)
- **GTIN:** 10842638005081
- **Sold at:** paschachocolate.com
- **Product page:** https://paschachocolate.com/products/salted-caramel-organic-baking-chips
- **Assessment ID:** pta_0b4a597bac384ec489d68f6bd6d98dcb
- **Assessed:** 2026-11-10
- **Last reviewed:** 2026-11-10
- **Review mode:** Check complete · analyst-reviewed
- **Methodology version:** 2026.10.4
- **Canonical page:** https://tillit.world/p/pta_0b4a597bac384ec489d68f6bd6d98dcb

## Overall (safe to quote)

NEW! Organic & Vegan Salted Caramel Baking Chips (8 Bags) by Pascha Chocolate Co — public trust assessment of 5 observed badge claim(s): Organic: Limited Public Support; Vegan: Limited Public Support; Non-GMO: Limited Public Support; Gluten-Free: Limited Public Support; Allergen-Free: Limited Public Support. These statuses reflect publicly available evidence only, not a review of the seller's own certificates or documents.

## Claims checked

### Gluten-Free

- **Status:** Limited Public Support (`public_corroboration_weak`)
- **Evidence strength:** 47/100
- **Claim observed on the page:** “ALCOHOL NO EMULSIFIERS NO DAIRY NO EGG NO NUTS NO SOY NO GLUTEN NO PALM OIL NO PEANUTS NO WHEAT PRODUCT OF PERU DISTRIBUTED”
- **Certifier named:** GFCO
- **Safe citation wording:** The product page displays a Gluten-Free claim with limited public support. Specifically, a certifier lists this brand as certified, but not this specific product, and 1 independent organisation published evidence relevant to this claim. Public evidence found is brand-level, company-level, product-level. Batch-specific public evidence was not retrieved in this assessment. Under FDA's gluten-free labeling rule (21 CFR 101.91), this claim is voluntary and needs no third-party certification program or specific test method, but the product must meet the legal definition (under 20 ppm gluten). TilliT did not find independent public product-level testing or certification in the sources checked, so TilliT cannot independently confirm this claim today — that is a gap in public evidence, not a sign the label lacks legal support. For medical use, rely on the current package and your clinician's guidance. GFCO's standard: Stricter than the FDA's own <20 ppm labeling rule.
- **Re-verification due:** 2026-11-29
- **Limitation:** Generic certifier-directory search skipped: a structured GFCO match already resolved this badge with higher confidence than a text-directory probe could add.
- **Limitation:** Not TilliT verified; assessment uses public sources only.
- **Limitation:** Evidence plan executed: 7 checks.

### Allergen-Free

- **Status:** Limited Public Support (`public_corroboration_weak`)
- **Evidence strength:** 36/100
- **Claim observed on the page:** “Claims free of: dairy free”
- **Safe citation wording:** The seller states this product is Allergen-Free. This kind of Allergen-Free claim can be made in the US without a third-party certificate. TilliT read the available ingredient statement and the applicable evidence and found nothing that contradicts it. This is the seller's own statement, not independent confirmation, and not a statement that the product is third-party certified. The public-evidence score describes how much independent proof was found; it does not mean the product is not Allergen-Free. Specifically, 1 independent organisation published evidence relevant to this claim, and independent evidence names this exact product. Batch-specific public evidence was not retrieved in this assessment. This claim can legally be self-declared in the US, with no required independent testing.
- **Re-verification due:** 2026-11-29
- **Limitation:** This is a claim about specific allergens (dairy-free, peanut-free), not a blanket allergen-free claim — it says nothing about allergens it does not name.
- **Limitation:** Not TilliT verified; assessment uses public sources only.
- **Limitation:** Evidence plan executed: 8 checks.

### Organic

- **Status:** Limited Public Support (`public_corroboration_weak`)
- **Evidence strength:** 50/100
- **Claim observed on the page:** “4 Show slide 5 Rating: 5.0 out of 5 (20) NEW! Organic & Vegan Salted Caramel Baking Chips (8 Bags) Regular”
- **Certifier named:** Seeds Canada dba Centre for Systems Integration (via USDA Organic Integrity Database)
- **Safe citation wording:** The product page displays a Organic claim with limited public support. Specifically, a certifier lists this brand as certified, but not this specific product, and the product page displays a recognized certification mark. Public evidence found is brand-level, company-level, product-level. Batch-specific public evidence was not retrieved in this assessment. An independent registry lists the company behind this claim as certified, but that listing is company-level, not confirmed for this exact product. This claim's own wording corresponds to the USDA National Organic Program (US)'s 'organic' labeling category (requires at least 95% organic content; may display the official organic seal).
- **Re-verification due:** 2026-11-30
- **Limitation:** Generic certifier-directory search skipped: a structured Seeds Canada dba Centre for Systems Integration (via USDA Organic Integrity Database) match already resolved this badge with higher confidence than a text-directory probe could add.
- **Limitation:** The Seeds Canada dba Centre for Systems Integration (via USDA Organic Integrity Database) product list names "Salted Caramel Chips", which is the product family, not specifically "NEW! Organic & Vegan Salted Caramel Baking Chips (8 Bags)"; no exact-item upgrade was made.
- **Limitation:** Not TilliT verified; assessment uses public sources only.
- **Limitation:** Evidence plan executed: 7 checks.

### Vegan

- **Status:** Limited Public Support (`public_corroboration_weak`)
- **Evidence strength:** 40/100
- **Claim observed on the page:** “Show slide 5 Rating: 5.0 out of 5 (20) NEW! Organic & Vegan Salted Caramel Baking Chips (8 Bags)”
- **Certifier named:** Vegan Action
- **Safe citation wording:** The product page displays a Vegan claim with limited public support. Specifically, a certifier lists this brand as certified, but not this specific product, and 1 independent organisation published evidence relevant to this claim. Public evidence found is brand-level, company-level, product-level. Batch-specific public evidence was not retrieved in this assessment. This claim can legally be self-declared in the US, with no required independent testing. Vegan Action's standard: Explicitly allows trace cross-contamination where shared-equipment cleaning steps are followed, to avoid excluding otherwise animal-free products.
- **Re-verification due:** 2026-12-10
- **Limitation:** Generic certifier-directory search skipped: a structured Vegan Action match already resolved this badge with higher confidence than a text-directory probe could add.
- **Limitation:** Not TilliT verified; assessment uses public sources only.
- **Limitation:** Evidence plan executed: 6 checks.

### Non-GMO

- **Status:** Limited Public Support (`public_corroboration_weak`)
- **Evidence strength:** 50/100
- **Claim observed on the page:** “Organic, Vegan, Rainforest Alliance Certified, and Non-GMO Project Verified. These golden gems pack a cozy caramel”
- **Certifier named:** Non-GMO Project
- **Safe citation wording:** The product page displays a Non-GMO Project Verified mark and states the item is Non-GMO Project Verified, and a certifier registry lists the Pascha brand as verified, though that listing is brand-level and not confirmed for this specific product. Batch-specific public evidence was not retrieved in this assessment, and none of the listed ingredients appear to be among crop types with a commercially available genetically modified counterpart on the US list, so the claim may not be a meaningful distinction for this product. This wording describes publicly available evidence only and does not represent a verification of the claim.
- **Re-verification due:** 2026-12-18
- **Limitation:** Generic certifier-directory search skipped: a structured Non-GMO Project match already resolved this badge with higher confidence than a text-directory probe could add.
- **Limitation:** Not TilliT verified; assessment uses public sources only.
- **Limitation:** Evidence plan executed: 6 checks.

## Not claimed on this page

Fair Trade.

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