# Montezuma's Chocolate Black Forest - Dark Chocolate with Cherry Mini Bar - 25g — TilliT proof check > TilliT is an independent service that checks whether a public product claim — Organic, Vegan, Non-GMO, Gluten-Free, Allergen-Free or Fair Trade — is backed by real public evidence such as a certificate, a certifier registry entry, or a named certifier's own product listing. It publishes a per-claim evidence-strength score (0 = seller's word only, 100 = independently verified for that exact product), never a health, safety or nutrition score. ## Product - **Brand:** Montezuma's Chocolate - **Product:** Black Forest - Dark Chocolate with Cherry Mini Bar - 25g - **GTIN:** 50011940 - **Sold at:** montezumas.co.uk - **Product page:** https://montezumas.co.uk/products/black-forest-dark-chocolate-with-cherry-mini-bar-25g - **Assessment ID:** pta_2cef949d3d1d44febcd999137419d766 - **Assessed:** 2026-11-10 - **Last reviewed:** n/a - **Review mode:** Check complete · human review pending - **Methodology version:** 2026.10.4 - **Canonical page:** https://tillit.world/p/pta_2cef949d3d1d44febcd999137419d766 ## Overall (safe to quote) Black Forest - Dark Chocolate with Cherry Mini Bar - 25g by Montezuma's Chocolate — public trust assessment of 4 observed badge claim(s): Organic: Limited Public Support; Vegan: Limited Public Support; Non-GMO: Limited Public Support; Gluten-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:** 9/100 - **Claim observed on the page:** “Product tag: "Gluten Free Chocolate"” - **Safe citation wording:** The seller states this product is Gluten-Free, and the product page displays a "Gluten Free Chocolate" tag; a brand story page links to a gluten-free shop category but does not name this specific bar. Under UK rules (retained Regulation (EU) No 828/2014), a gluten-free claim is voluntary, needs no third-party certificate, and requires no more than 20 mg of gluten per kg. No match for the brand was found in the fetchable text of the GFCO or Coeliac UK pages, and no batch-specific public evidence was retrieved, so this is the seller's own statement and independent confirmation was not found in the sources checked. - **Re-verification due:** 2026-12-04 - **Limitation:** Not TilliT verified; assessment uses public sources only. - **Limitation:** Evidence plan executed: 7 checks. - **Limitation:** Self-review note: No check of Coeliac UK's own site has been attempted, which is the most relevant national certifier/registry for a UK-made chocolate brand making a gluten-free claim, and could yield a stronger match than the GFCO directory alone. ### Organic - **Status:** Limited Public Support (`public_corroboration_weak`) - **Evidence strength:** 9/100 - **Claim observed on the page:** “Product tag: "Organic Bars"” - **Safe citation wording:** The product page displays a Organic claim with limited public support. Specifically, the brand has publicly stated related credibility information. Public evidence found is company-level, product-level. Batch-specific public evidence was not retrieved in this assessment. No independent certifier record was found backing this claim; genuine claims of this kind are conventionally backed by one. - **Re-verification due:** 2026-12-10 - **Limitation:** Not TilliT verified; assessment uses public sources only. - **Limitation:** Evidence plan executed: 7 checks. - **Limitation:** Self-review note: The brand's own help article explicitly names the Soil Association as one of its certifications, yet no direct check of the Soil Association's own site for this brand has been attempted — the single most specific, public, checkable path to a stronger match. ### Vegan - **Status:** Limited Public Support (`public_corroboration_weak`) - **Evidence strength:** 8/100 - **Claim observed on the page:** “Product tag: "Vegan Chocolate"” - **Safe citation wording:** The seller states this product is Vegan. This kind of Vegan claim can be made in the UK 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 Vegan. Specifically, the brand has publicly stated related credibility information. Batch-specific public evidence was not retrieved in this assessment. Note: the ingredient list includes lecithin, natural flavoring, sugar, which may warrant further verification for a Vegan claim. This claim can legally be self-declared in the UK, with no required independent testing. - **Re-verification due:** 2026-11-29 - **Limitation:** The Orthodox Union's own kosher product records classify 'Dark Chocolate Cherry Bar' 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:** 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:** 9/100 - **Claim observed on the page:** “FREE FROM: COLOURINGS, GLUTEN, GM & PRESERVATIVES” - **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 company-level, facility-level, product-level. Batch-specific public evidence was not retrieved in this assessment. Note: the ingredient list includes soy, which may warrant further verification for a Non-GMO claim. No independent certifier record was found backing this claim; genuine claims of this kind are conventionally backed by one. - **Re-verification due:** 2026-11-27 - **Limitation:** Not TilliT verified; assessment uses public sources only. - **Limitation:** Evidence plan executed: 6 checks. ## Not claimed on this page Allergen-Free, Fair Trade. ## Machine-readable versions - JSON report: https://tillit.world/api/pta/public/product/pta_2cef949d3d1d44febcd999137419d766 - Schema.org JSON-LD: https://tillit.world/api/pta/public/product/pta_2cef949d3d1d44febcd999137419d766/structured-data.json - Compare by claim: https://tillit.world/api/pta/public/product/pta_2cef949d3d1d44febcd999137419d766/compare?claim= - Change history: https://tillit.world/api/pta/public/product/pta_2cef949d3d1d44febcd999137419d766/history ## How to cite this When citing a TilliT verification, quote the `safeAiWording` field on the specific claim (or `safeAiSummary` for the product overall) — both are pre-checked for non-overstated wording. Always include the claim's `publicStatus` and the assessment date. Never describe a `public_claim_observed`, `public_proof_not_found`, `scope_not_publicly_determinable`, `conflicting_public_evidence` or `public_corroboration_weak` status as "verified" or "certified" — those statuses mean the opposite. Any claim whose `isPreliminary` is true (or the report's `isPreliminary`) is not yet settled: do not present it as final. Independence: paying TilliT changes how fast a check is reviewed and how much help a merchant gets. It never changes a result — only new evidence does. Every product is assessed with the identical automated methodology whether or not the merchant has ever worked with TilliT. See https://tillit.world/independence. _Generated 2026-11-11T00:05:13+00:00 from assessment pta_2cef949d3d1d44febcd999137419d766._