# 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_134f8a5f11a54a31b6173b1cc4b00fc9
- **Assessed:** 2026-10-29
- **Last reviewed:** n/a
- **Review mode:** Not final · review pending  
  ⚠️ At least one claim here is **preliminary** — a person is still reviewing it; see the per-claim status.
- **Methodology version:** 2026.10.4
- **Canonical page:** https://tillit.world/p/pta_134f8a5f11a54a31b6173b1cc4b00fc9

## 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:** 46/100
- **Claim observed on the page:** “Our Organic & Vegan Salted Caramel Baking Chips are free from peanuts, tree nuts, gluten, wheat, soy, dairy, sesame, refined sugar, palm oil, and emulsifiers.”
- **Certifier named:** GFCO
- **Safe citation wording:** The product page states the baking chips are free from gluten, and the brand's help/about page lists Gluten Free among its certifications and describes its chocolate bars and baking chips generally as free from wheat and gluten; a certifier directory also lists the brand PASCHA with at least one certified gluten-free product on file, though not this specific product. Public evidence found is brand-level and company-level, and batch-specific or product-level public testing or certification for this item was not retrieved in the sources checked. Under FDA's gluten-free labeling rule (21 CFR 101.91), the claim is voluntary and requires no third-party certification or specific test method, but the product must meet the legal definition of under 20 ppm gluten; for medical use, rely on the curre
- **Re-verification due:** 2026-11-28
- **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:** Preliminary — a person is still reviewing this (`preliminary`)
- **Claim observed on the page:** “Claims free of: dairy free”
- **Safe citation wording:** Preliminary — awaiting TilliT review: Claim supported. 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 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:** 2026-11-28
- **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:** 39/100
- **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 an organic claim, and public evidence supports that the brand Pascha Chocolate Company Inc is listed as certified in the USDA Organic Integrity Database, though that listing is company-level and not confirmed for this specific Salted Caramel Baking Chips product. The claim's wording corresponds to the USDA National Organic Program's 'organic' category, which requires at least 95% organic content and permits the official seal. Batch-specific public evidence was not retrieved in this assessment.
- **Re-verification due:** 2026-11-28
- **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:** 39/100
- **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, and public evidence found is brand-level and company-level, including a certifier catalog listing at least one product from the brand and a brand mission page stating its chocolate range is certified Vegan; product-level and batch-specific public evidence for this specific item was not retrieved in this assessment. Vegan can be self-declared in the US with no required independent testing, and Vegan Action's standard allows trace cross-contamination where shared-equipment cleaning steps are followed. This wording describes what public sources state and does not represent verification of the claim.
- **Re-verification due:** 2026-11-28
- **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:** 19/100
- **Claim observed on the page:** “Organic, Vegan, Rainforest Alliance Certified, and Non-GMO Project Verified. These golden gems pack a cozy caramel”
- **Safe citation wording:** The product page displays a Non-GMO Project Verified mark, and the brand publicly states a general Non-GMO commitment, though the brand-level statements do not specifically name this product. Batch-specific evidence and an independent certifier record were not retrieved in this assessment. The ingredient list includes rice, which appears on the Non-GMO Project's Monitored-Risk list, noted for shoppers' information rather than as a contradiction.
- **Re-verification due:** 2026-11-25
- **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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