# Theo Brown Rice Quinoa Crunch 85% Dark Chocolate Bar | Theo Chocolate — TilliT proof check

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## Product

- **Brand:** Theo
- **Product:** Brown Rice Quinoa Crunch 85% Dark Chocolate Bar | Theo Chocolate
- **Sold at:** theochocolate.com
- **Product page:** https://theochocolate.com/products/brown-rice-quinoa-crunch
- **Assessment ID:** pta_2e2c2551f4b146fabb84abb703da38f5
- **Assessed:** 2026-10-30
- **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_2e2c2551f4b146fabb84abb703da38f5

## Overall (safe to quote)

Brown Rice Quinoa Crunch 85% Dark Chocolate Bar | Theo Chocolate by Theo — public trust assessment of 6 observed badge claim(s): Organic: Certification Match Found; Vegan: Limited Public Support; Non-GMO: Limited Public Support; Gluten-Free: Certification Match Found; Allergen-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:** Certification Match Found (`public_certification_match_found`)
- **Evidence strength:** 75/100
- **Claim observed on the page:** “Organic & Fair Trade. Non-GMO, Soy Free, 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 and a public certification record from GFCO 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. 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:** 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: soy 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, the brand has publicly stated related credibility information. 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:** 2026-11-29
- **Limitation:** This is a claim about specific allergens (soy-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:** Certification Match Found (`public_certification_match_found`)
- **Evidence strength:** 75/100
- **Claim observed on the page:** “Vanilla Bean*), Crisped Rice*, Crisped Quinoa*. * ORGANIC + FAIR TRADE Made on equipment that also processes”
- **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, Soy Free, Vegan, Gluten Free. Product labels: 12-Packs, Classic Bars”
- **Safe citation wording:** The product page publicly displays a "Vegan" claim, and the available ingredient statement and related brand information were reviewed without finding anything that contradicts it; this is not a statement that the product is third-party certified. The public-evidence score reflects how much independent proof was found and does not mean the product is not Vegan, and batch-specific public evidence was not retrieved in this assessment. 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.

### Non-GMO

- **Status:** Limited Public Support (`public_corroboration_weak`)
- **Evidence strength:** 11/100
- **Claim observed on the page:** “with crunch in every bite. Organic & Fair Trade. Non-GMO, Soy Free, Vegan, Gluten Free. Product labels: 12”
- **Safe citation wording:** The product page displays a Non-GMO claim, and public sources include brand-level statements that Theo's ingredients are verified organic and that organic certification excludes genetic engineering, though these do not name this specific bar. No batch-specific public evidence or independent certifier record for this product was retrieved in this assessment. TilliT has not verified this claim.
- **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:** 19/100
- **Claim observed on the page:** “of our 85% Extra Dark Chocolate. Made with fair trade cocoa, and only 4g of sugar per serving, this crispy”
- **Safe citation wording:** The product page displays a Fair Trade claim, and the public evidence retrieved is brand- and company-level, including the brand's stated Fair for Life certification by Ecocert and its statements on third-party verification and fair trade commitments. Product-specific and batch-specific public evidence was not retrieved in this assessment, and public certifier directories could not be searched non-interactively, so the claim's scope for this specific product remains unconfirmed. Because fair trade certification may apply to an ingredient rather than the whole product, the scope of the claim may warrant further verification.
- **Re-verification due:** 2026-11-29
- **Limitation:** This claim's own wording scopes it to a specific ingredient, not the whole product — fair-trade certification can apply to one ingredient via mass balance without the finished product itself being certified.
- **Limitation:** Not TilliT verified; assessment uses public sources only.
- **Limitation:** Evidence plan executed: 7 checks.
- **Limitation:** Self-review note: The bundle notes Theo's own stated certifier is Fair for Life by Ecocert, yet no direct check of Fair for Life's own site (action 43) for this brand appears to have been attempted, which is the most specific registry path to a stronger match.

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_Generated 2026-10-30T11:44:00+00:00 from assessment pta_2e2c2551f4b146fabb84abb703da38f5._