# Theo Orange 70% Dark Chocolate Bar | Theo Chocolate — TilliT proof check

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## Product

- **Brand:** Theo
- **Product:** Orange 70% Dark Chocolate Bar | Theo Chocolate
- **GTIN:** 10874492000698
- **Sold at:** theochocolate.com
- **Product page:** https://theochocolate.com/products/orange
- **Assessment ID:** pta_2c083d37591f4ea89fdba4d3298f6798
- **Assessed:** 2026-10-30
- **Last reviewed:** n/a
- **Review mode:** Check complete · human review pending
- **Methodology version:** 2026.10.4
- **Canonical page:** https://tillit.world/p/pta_2c083d37591f4ea89fdba4d3298f6798

## Overall (safe to quote)

Orange 70% Dark Chocolate Bar | Theo Chocolate by Theo — public trust assessment of 5 observed badge claim(s): Organic: Certification Match Found; 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:** 46/100
- **Claim observed on the page:** “Organic. Fair Trade. Non-GMO. Vegan. Gluten Free. Product labels: 12-Packs, Classic Bars, Fall Favorites”
- **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:** 2026-11-27
- **Limitation:** The manufacturer's own labelling carries a cross-contact / shared-facility disclosure for wheat / gluten grains ("* ORGANIC + FAIR TRADE Made on equipment that also processes milk, wheat, & tree nuts and in a facility that handles peanuts, eggs, & sesame.") — a real caveat worth checking against the gluten-free claim, not proof the claim is false: an ingredient-level "wheat / gluten grains-free" claim and a shared-facility disclosure can both be true. Facility segregation is part of what gluten-free certification checks.
- **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:** The GFCO product list names "70% Dark Chocolate", which is the product family, not specifically "Orange 70% Dark Chocolate Bar | Theo Chocolate"; no exact-item upgrade was made.
- **Limitation:** Not TilliT verified; assessment uses public sources only.

### Organic

- **Status:** Certification Match Found (`public_certification_match_found`)
- **Evidence strength:** 77/100
- **Claim observed on the page:** “of orange and smooth dark chocolate. Made with our organic and fair trade 70% Dark Chocolate, we added an extra”
- **Certifier named:** Oregon Tilth Certified Organic (via USDA Organic Integrity Database)
- **Safe citation wording:** The product page displays a Organic claim and a public certification record from Oregon Tilth Certified Organic (via USDA Organic Integrity Database) appears to match this product or product family. This supports a strong public certification signal, but does not confirm this specific batch, which would require a review of the seller's own certificates or documents. Specifically, a certifier's records list this exact product as certified, and 1 independent organisation published evidence relevant to this claim. Public evidence found is brand-level, company-level, product-level. This claim is backed by a certifier that evaluates products against a published standard — using documentation, supply-chain traceability, and testing of high-risk inputs where the standard requires it. That is not the same as testing every finished product, and this public evidence does not cover the exact package or lot in your hand. 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:** 2026-12-06
- **Limitation:** Generic certifier-directory search skipped: a structured Oregon Tilth Certified Organic (via USDA Organic Integrity Database) 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.

### Vegan

- **Status:** Limited Public Support (`public_corroboration_weak`)
- **Evidence strength:** 11/100
- **Claim observed on the page:** “Organic. Fair Trade. Non-GMO. Vegan. Gluten Free. Product labels: 12-Packs, Classic Bars”
- **Safe citation wording:** The product page displays a "Vegan" claim, and the available ingredient statement and related public evidence were reviewed without finding anything that contradicts it; this is not a statement that the product is third-party certified, and no batch-specific public evidence was retrieved. The brand's public materials describe company-wide organic, Fair Trade, non-GMO, and kosher commitments but do not address vegan status for this bar, and no match for the brand was found on the Vegan Action page checked. The ingredient list includes sugar, which may warrant further verification for a Vegan claim, and "Vegan" is not defined by US food regulation, so this claim can be self-declared in the US without required independent testing.
- **Re-verification due:** 2026-11-29
- **Limitation:** Not TilliT verified; assessment uses public sources only.
- **Limitation:** Evidence plan executed: 6 checks.
- **Limitation:** Open Food Facts' own automated ingredient-analysis flags a similarly-named product as possibly not vegan. That analysis is community-maintained and often over-flags (natural flavours, added vitamins) — check the ingredient list on the pack.

### Non-GMO

- **Status:** Limited Public Support (`public_corroboration_weak`)
- **Evidence strength:** 12/100
- **Claim observed on the page:** “our smooth dark chocolate. Organic. Fair Trade. Non-GMO. Vegan. Gluten Free. Product labels: 12-Packs, Classic”
- **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.
- **Limitation:** This product's organic certification is independently confirmed, and USDA / EU / Canada organic rules prohibit GMOs — so the organic certification already rules out GMO ingredients, even though a separate Non-GMO Project record was not found.

### Fair Trade

- **Status:** Limited Public Support (`public_corroboration_weak`)
- **Evidence strength:** 12/100
- **Claim observed on the page:** “and smooth dark chocolate. Made with our organic and fair trade 70% Dark Chocolate, we added an extra burst of orange”
- **Safe citation wording:** The product page displays a Fair Trade 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. Note: the ingredient list includes cocoa, sugar, which may warrant further verification for a Fair Trade claim. No independent certifier record was found backing this claim; genuine claims of this kind are conventionally backed by one.
- **Re-verification due:** 2026-11-29
- **Limitation:** Not TilliT verified; assessment uses public sources only.
- **Limitation:** Evidence plan executed: 7 checks.
- **Limitation:** Self-review note: The bundle's own evidence names Ecocert's Fair for Life as Theo's certifier, yet no direct check of Fair for Life's certifier directory (action 43) for Theo Chocolate appears to have been attempted, which is the most specific path to a stronger match.

## Not claimed on this page

Allergen-Free.

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