# Alter Eco Foods Cashew Butter Granola — TilliT proof check

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## Product

- **Brand:** Alter Eco Foods
- **Product:** Cashew Butter Granola
- **GTIN:** 817670012376
- **Sold at:** alterecofoods.com
- **Product page:** https://www.alterecofoods.com/products/cashew-butter-organic-granola
- **Assessment ID:** pta_338019bd2f5c4b2392c906a2a4e23665
- **Assessed:** 2026-10-24
- **Last reviewed:** 2026-10-24
- **Review mode:** Check complete · human review verified
- **Methodology version:** 2026.10.3
- **Canonical page:** https://tillit.world/p/pta_338019bd2f5c4b2392c906a2a4e23665

## Overall (safe to quote)

Cashew Butter Granola by Alter Eco Foods — public trust assessment of 4 observed badge claim(s): Organic: Certification Match Found; Vegan: Limited Public Support; Non-GMO: 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

### Organic

- **Status:** Certification Match Found (`public_certification_match_found`)
- **Evidence strength:** 88/100
- **Claim observed on the page:** “cashews are a snacker’s delight. This organic granola is sweetened naturally with fruit not sugar”
- **Certifier named:** Quality Assurance International (via USDA Organic Integrity Database)
- **Safe citation wording:** The product page displays an organic claim and a USDA Organic mark was detected in a product image, and the USDA Organic Integrity Database lists Alter Eco Foods, LLC as certified by Quality Assurance International with a product listing matching "Granola - Cashew Butter." This public evidence is brand- and product-level and does not confirm the specific package or lot in hand, which would require the seller's own certificates or documents. The claim's wording corresponds to the USDA National Organic Program 'organic' labeling category (at least 95% organic content; may display the official seal).
- **Re-verification due:** 2026-11-22
- **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:** 12/100
- **Claim observed on the page:** “Product tag: "Vegan"”
- **Safe citation wording:** Claim supported. This kind of Vegan 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 Vegan. 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:** 2026-11-18
- **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:** 12/100
- **Claim observed on the page:** “granola packing a set of icons: organic, no g.m.o's, no soy ingredients, no corn ingredients, no additives”
- **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 oat — 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:** 42/100
- **Claim observed on the page:** “oil, organic date powder, organic Fair Trade cashew butter, organic Fair Trade cashews, sea salt”
- **Certifier named:** Fairtrade International (Fairtrade Finder)
- **Safe citation wording:** The product page lists Fair Trade cashew butter and cashews among its ingredients, and a certifier's public listing shows the brand's parent company, Alter Eco Foods LLC, as certified for several commodity categories, though that listing is company-level and not confirmed for this specific product. Public evidence retrieved is brand- and company-level; batch- or product-specific certification evidence was not retrieved in this assessment. General research notes that fair-trade premium tracking below the cooperative or plantation level is limited, which is an industry-wide observation and not a finding about this product.
- **Re-verification due:** 2026-11-23
- **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

Gluten-Free, Allergen-Free.

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_Generated 2026-10-24T08:41:14+00:00 from assessment pta_338019bd2f5c4b2392c906a2a4e23665._