# Alter Eco Foods 85% Cacao | Orange Blackout Chocolate Bar | Alter Eco — TilliT proof check

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## Product

- **Brand:** Alter Eco Foods
- **Product:** 85% Cacao | Orange Blackout Chocolate Bar | Alter Eco
- **GTIN:** 817670012550
- **Sold at:** alterecofoods.com
- **Product page:** https://alterecofoods.com/products/orange-blackout
- **Assessment ID:** pta_28b73e5a5ef448e48ca5950277956242
- **Assessed:** 2026-11-01
- **Last reviewed:** n/a
- **Review mode:** Check complete · human review pending
- **Methodology version:** 2026.10.4
- **Canonical page:** https://tillit.world/p/pta_28b73e5a5ef448e48ca5950277956242

## Overall (safe to quote)

85% Cacao | Orange Blackout Chocolate Bar | Alter Eco by Alter Eco Foods — 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; Fair Trade: 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:** 44/100
- **Claim observed on the page:** “Product tag: "Gluten-Free"”
- **Certifier named:** Gluten-Free Food Program (GFFP)
- **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.
- **Re-verification due:** 2026-11-27
- **Limitation:** Not TilliT verified; assessment uses public sources only.
- **Limitation:** Evidence plan executed: 7 checks.
- **Limitation:** Generic certifier-directory search skipped: a structured Gluten-Free Food Program (GFFP) match already resolved this badge with higher confidence than a text-directory probe could add.
- **Limitation:** The Gluten-Free Food Program (GFFP) product list names "Orange Blackout 85%", which is the product family, not specifically "85% Cacao | Orange Blackout Chocolate Bar | Alter Eco"; no exact-item upgrade was made.

### Organic

- **Status:** Limited Public Support (`public_corroboration_weak`)
- **Evidence strength:** 37/100
- **Claim observed on the page:** “of dark chocolate and the tender sensation of real, organic oranges. Ingredients & Nutrition Panels + - Product”
- **Certifier named:** Quality Assurance International (via USDA Organic Integrity Database)
- **Safe citation wording:** The product page displays an organic claim, and public evidence retrieved is brand- and company-level: a certifier lists the brand as certified and an independent registry lists the company behind the claim as certified, but neither confirms certification for this specific product. The claim's wording corresponds to the USDA National Organic Program's 'organic' labeling category, which requires at least 95% organic content and may display the official organic seal. Batch-specific and product-specific public evidence was not retrieved in this assessment.
- **Re-verification due:** 2026-11-29
- **Limitation:** Generic certifier-directory search skipped: a structured Quality Assurance International (via USDA Organic Integrity Database) match already resolved this badge with higher confidence than a text-directory probe could add.
- **Limitation:** The Quality Assurance International (via USDA Organic Integrity Database) product list names "Chocolate - Orange Blackout 85%", which is the product family, not specifically "85% Cacao | Orange Blackout Chocolate Bar | Alter Eco"; 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:** 8/100
- **Claim observed on the page:** “Product tag: "Vegan"”
- **Safe citation wording:** The product page displays a "Vegan" tag, and the brand's About page describes its mission and certifications but does not mention this specific bar or make a vegan claim about it. A check of the public Vegan Action (vegan.org) page found no match for 'Alter Eco Foods,' and batch-specific public evidence was not retrieved. The ingredient list includes sugar, which may warrant further verification for a Vegan claim.
- **Re-verification due:** 2026-11-27
- **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:** 7/100
- **Claim observed on the page:** “85% cacao Orange Blackout a set of icons: organic, non-g.m.o.'s, no gluten ingredients, no soy ingredients, no”
- **Safe citation wording:** The product page displays a Non-GMO claim with limited public support. Specifically, the brand has publicly stated related credibility information. Public evidence found is brand-level, company-level, product-level. Batch-specific public evidence was not retrieved in this assessment. Separately, the ingredient list includes orange — the Non-GMO Project's own Monitored-Risk list (a real but lower signal than its High-Risk list, per the Project's own standard), included here for shoppers who want it, not as a contradiction of this claim. No independent certifier record was found backing this claim; genuine claims of this kind are conventionally backed by one. Non-GMO is accurate for this product, but none of its listed ingredients (e.g. corn, soy, canola, sugar beet, alfalfa, papaya, eggplant, pineapple, zucchini, potato, or animal-derived inputs such as meat, dairy, or egg) are among the crop types or inputs with a commercially available genetically modified/GMO-fed counterpart (TilliT uses the US list, which approves more such crops than most markets) — so this claim may not be a meaningful distinction for this specific product.
- **Re-verification due:** 2026-11-23
- **Limitation:** Not TilliT verified; assessment uses public sources only.
- **Limitation:** Evidence plan executed: 6 checks.

### Fair Trade

- **Status:** Limited Public Support (`public_corroboration_weak`)
- **Evidence strength:** 38/100
- **Claim observed on the page:** “no additives, no artificial sweeteners, fair trade, recyclable packaging 85% Cacao | Orange Blackout”
- **Certifier named:** Fairtrade International (Fairtrade Finder)
- **Safe citation wording:** The product page displays a fair-trade claim, and Fairtrade International's Fairtrade Finder lists the brand's parent company, Alter Eco Foods LLC, as FLOCERT-certified for commodities including cocoa and cane sugar, though this listing is company-level and not confirmed for this specific product. Public evidence retrieved is brand- and company-level, and batch- or product-specific public evidence was not retrieved in this assessment. Independent research notes general limitations in fair-trade premium tracking below the cooperative or plantation level, which is an industry-wide observation rather than a finding about this product.
- **Re-verification due:** 2026-12-01
- **Limitation:** Generic certifier-directory search skipped: a structured Fairtrade International (Fairtrade Finder) 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.

## Not claimed on this page

Allergen-Free.

## Machine-readable versions

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