# Alter Eco Foods Classic Blackout — TilliT proof check

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## Product

- **Brand:** Alter Eco Foods
- **Product:** Classic Blackout
- **GTIN:** 817670010068
- **Sold at:** alterecofoods.com
- **Product page:** https://www.alterecofoods.com/products/dark-blackout
- **Assessment ID:** pta_2f0cbbde7519438fb8adbc59e3908453
- **Assessed:** 2026-10-12
- **Last reviewed:** n/a
- **Review mode:** Check complete · human review pending
- **Methodology version:** 2026.09.1
- **Canonical page:** https://tillit.world/p/pta_2f0cbbde7519438fb8adbc59e3908453

## Overall (safe to quote)

Classic Blackout by Alter Eco Foods — public trust assessment of 5 observed badge claim(s): Organic: Certification Match Found; Vegan: Limited Public Support; Non-GMO: Limited Public Support; Gluten-Free: Certification Match Found; 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:** 76/100
- **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" tag, and a Gluten-Free Food Program (GFFP) directory record lists "Classic Blackout 85%" as certified, which is an exact name match to the assessed product. A brand help/about article for Alter Eco does not mention "Classic Blackout" or make a gluten-free claim, and no match for "Alter Eco Foods" was found in the fetchable text of the public GFCO certified products page. This public evidence is brand- and product-level and does not cover the exact package or lot in hand.
- **Re-verification due:** 2026-12-08
- **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.

### Organic

- **Status:** Certification Match Found (`public_certification_match_found`)
- **Evidence strength:** 76/100
- **Claim observed on the page:** “2023-09-22T14:07:02-07:00","alt":"classic blackout organic dark chocolate","width":2000,"height":2800,"src":”
- **Certifier named:** Quality Assurance International (via USDA Organic Integrity Database)
- **Safe citation wording:** The product page displays a Organic claim and a public certification record from Quality Assurance International (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.
- **Re-verification due:** 2026-12-04
- **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:** Not TilliT verified; assessment uses public sources only.
- **Limitation:** Evidence plan executed: 7 checks.

### Vegan

- **Status:** Limited Public Support (`public_corroboration_weak`)
- **Evidence strength:** 25/100
- **Claim observed on the page:** “Product tag: "Vegan"”
- **Safe citation wording:** The product page displays a "Vegan" tag, and one independent organisation published evidence relevant to this claim that is specific to this exact product. Public evidence found is at brand, company, and product level, while batch-specific public evidence was not retrieved in this assessment. "Vegan" is not defined by US food regulation, so this claim can be self-declared in the US with no required independent testing.
- **Re-verification due:** 2026-11-11
- **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:** 25/100
- **Claim observed on the page:** “climate justice 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, and one independent organisation published evidence relevant to this claim that is specific to this exact product; the public evidence found is brand-level, company-level, and product-level, while batch-specific public evidence was not retrieved in this assessment. No independent certifier record was found backing this claim, though genuine claims of this kind are conventionally backed by one. None of the product's listed ingredients are among the crop types or inputs with a commercially available genetically modified or GMO-fed counterpart in the US, so this claim may not be a meaningful distinction for this specific product.
- **Re-verification due:** 2026-11-11
- **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:** 55/100
- **Claim observed on the page:** “no additives, no artificial sweeteners, vegan, fair trade, recyclable packaging Classic Blackout 85% cacao A”
- **Certifier named:** Fair for Life (Ecocert)
- **Safe citation wording:** The product page displays a fair-trade claim, and public evidence found is brand- and company-level, with a certifier directory listing Alter Eco Foods as a certified partner; batch- or product-specific public evidence was not retrieved in this assessment. Fair trade certification may apply to specific ingredients via mass balance rather than the whole product, so the scope of this claim is not established by the retrieved evidence. This wording does not confirm the claim for this product.
- **Re-verification due:** 2027-10-09
- **Limitation:** Not TilliT verified; assessment uses public sources only.
- **Limitation:** Evidence plan executed: 7 checks.
- **Limitation:** Generic certifier-directory search skipped: a structured Fair for Life (Ecocert) match already resolved this badge with higher confidence than a text-directory probe could add.

## Not claimed on this page

Allergen-Free.

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_Generated 2026-10-13T01:57:32+00:00 from assessment pta_2f0cbbde7519438fb8adbc59e3908453._