# Dandelion Chocolate Hojicha Hot Chocolate Mix — TilliT proof check

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## Product

- **Brand:** Dandelion Chocolate
- **Product:** Hojicha Hot Chocolate Mix
- **Sold at:** dandelionchocolate.com
- **Product page:** https://www.dandelionchocolate.com/products/hojicha-hot-chocolate-mix
- **Assessment ID:** pta_1bb83d29d1b4449987aa4bfdf62e4976
- **Assessed:** 2026-11-03
- **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_1bb83d29d1b4449987aa4bfdf62e4976

## Overall (safe to quote)

Hojicha Hot Chocolate Mix by Dandelion Chocolate — public trust assessment of 3 observed badge claim(s): Vegan: 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:** 14/100
- **Claim observed on the page:** “Shelf life: 2 years from factory production date vegan gluten free peanut free nut free soy free Hojicha Hot Chocolate”
- **Safe citation wording:** Claim supported. This kind of Gluten-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 Gluten-Free. Specifically, the brand has publicly stated related credibility information. 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.
- **Re-verification due:** 2026-12-03
- **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:** “free peanut free nut free soy free”
- **Safe citation wording:** Preliminary — awaiting TilliT review: The product page publicly displays a gluten free, peanut free, nut free, and soy free claim, and the available ingredient statement was reviewed with nothing found that contradicts it; this is not a statement that the product is third-party certified. Because 'allergen-free' has no single US regulatory definition, the claim is scoped to those specific allergens and can be self-declared without required independent testing. Batch-specific public evidence was not retrieved in this assessment, and the brand-level sourcing pages reviewed do not mention this product or its allergen status.
- **Re-verification due:** 2026-11-26
- **Limitation:** This is a claim about specific allergens (peanut-free, soy-free, tree-nut-free), not a blanket allergen-free claim — it says nothing about allergens it does not name.
- **Limitation:** The Orthodox Union's own kosher product records classify 'HOT CHOCOLATE MIX ,500 G' as Dairy (containing dairy ingredients under Jewish dietary law) — worth checking against this product's own dairy-free/allergen-free claim, not proof that the claim is false on its own (kosher classification and allergen labeling are governed by different rules and can genuinely diverge in edge cases).
- **Limitation:** The manufacturer's own labelling carries a cross-contact / shared-facility disclosure for tree nuts ("INGREDIENTS & ALLERGENS 70% Camino Verde, Ecuador chocolate (cocoa beans, organic cane sugar), organic cane sugar, roasted green tea Packed in a facility that also processes tree nuts, soy and sesame.") — a real caveat worth checking against the allergen-free claim, not proof the claim is false: an ingredient-level "tree nuts-free" claim and a shared-facility disclosure can both be true. Facility segregation is part of what allergen-free certification checks.
- **Limitation:** The manufacturer's own labelling carries a cross-contact / shared-facility disclosure for soy ("INGREDIENTS & ALLERGENS 70% Camino Verde, Ecuador chocolate (cocoa beans, organic cane sugar), organic cane sugar, roasted green tea Packed in a facility that also processes tree nuts, soy and sesame.") — a real caveat worth checking against the allergen-free claim, not proof the claim is false: an ingredient-level "soy-free" claim and a shared-facility disclosure can both be true. Facility segregation is part of what allergen-free certification checks.

### Vegan

- **Status:** Limited Public Support (`public_corroboration_weak`)
- **Evidence strength:** 38/100
- **Claim observed on the page:** “Shelf life: 2 years from factory production date vegan gluten free peanut free nut free soy free Hojicha”
- **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:** 2026-12-03
- **Limitation:** The Orthodox Union's own kosher product records classify 'HOT CHOCOLATE MIX ,500 G' as Dairy (containing dairy ingredients under Jewish dietary law) — worth checking against this product's own vegan claim, not proof that the claim is false on its own (kosher classification and a vegan claim are governed by different rules and can genuinely diverge in edge cases).
- **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.

## Not claimed on this page

Organic, Non-GMO, Fair Trade.

## Machine-readable versions

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## How to cite this

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