# Stash Tea Organic Breakfast Blend Black Loose Leaf Tea — TilliT proof check

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## Product

- **Brand:** Stash Tea
- **Product:** Organic Breakfast Blend Black Loose Leaf Tea
- **GTIN:** 077652938005
- **Sold at:** stashtea.com
- **Product page:** https://stashtea.com/products/organic-breakfast-blend-black-tea-loose
- **Assessment ID:** pta_33a3b009604e4f18b7176f9217d075a5
- **Assessed:** 2026-11-10
- **Last reviewed:** 2026-11-10
- **Review mode:** Check complete · analyst-reviewed
- **Methodology version:** 2026.10.4
- **Canonical page:** https://tillit.world/p/pta_33a3b009604e4f18b7176f9217d075a5

## Overall (safe to quote)

Organic Breakfast Blend Black Loose Leaf Tea by Stash Tea — public trust assessment of 3 observed badge claim(s): Organic: Partially Supported by Public Evidence; 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:** Partially Supported by Public Evidence (`public_corroboration_moderate`)
- **Evidence strength:** 51/100
- **Claim observed on the page:** “Organic Breakfast Blend Black Tea Organic Breakfast Blend”
- **Certifier named:** Quality Assurance International (via USDA Organic Integrity Database)
- **Safe citation wording:** Stash Tea publicly presents this product as Organic and some public evidence supports the claim, but the evidence scope is incomplete. Specifically, a certifier lists this brand as certified, but not this specific product, and the product page displays a recognized certification mark. Public evidence found is brand-level, company-level, product family-level, product-level. Batch-specific public evidence was not retrieved in this assessment. An independent registry lists the company behind this claim as certified, but that listing is company-level, not confirmed for this exact product. 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:** 2026-11-30
- **Limitation:** No structured ingredient list was available for this product; the risk-ingredient scan could not run. Absence of risk-ingredient flags does not confirm compliance.
- **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:** The Quality Assurance International (via USDA Organic Integrity Database) product list names "Breakfast Blend Black Tea (Loose Tea)", which is the product family, not specifically "Organic Breakfast Blend Black Loose Leaf Tea"; no exact-item upgrade was made.
- **Limitation:** Not TilliT verified; assessment uses public sources only.

### Non-GMO

- **Status:** Limited Public Support (`public_corroboration_weak`)
- **Evidence strength:** 37/100
- **Claim observed on the page:** “Grounding The Stash Stamp Carefully Crafted Ingredients Non-GMO Certified Tea Master Blended Non-GMO Certified Tea”
- **Certifier named:** Non-GMO Project
- **Safe citation wording:** The product page displays a Non-GMO 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. An independent registry lists the company behind this claim as certified, but that listing is company-level, not confirmed for this exact product. Non-GMO Project's standard: The Non-GMO Project sets four different Action Thresholds, not one: 0.9% for goods for human or pet use that are ingested or topically applied (including OTC drugs and homeopathic remedies); 0.25% for seed and vegetative propagation materials; 5% for livestock, poultry, bee, and seafood feed and supplements (may be a quarterly average); and 1.5% for goods that are not ingested or topically applied (e.g. packaging, cleaning supplies, textiles). Requires ongoing lot-level testing of Testable High-Risk major inputs — not a self-declared claim — with documented alternative compliance pathways (affidavits for non-testable inputs, country-of-origin reductions, periodic averaging). Requires annual renewal evaluation of every Verified Product; onsite inspection is required annually where Parallel Processing of the same major High-Risk input occurs, and may be required at the technical administrator's discretion otherwise.
- **Re-verification due:** 2026-12-10
- **Limitation:** No structured ingredient list was available for this product; the risk-ingredient scan could not run. Absence of risk-ingredient flags does not confirm compliance.
- **Limitation:** Generic certifier-directory search skipped: a structured Non-GMO Project 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: 6 checks.

### Fair Trade

- **Status:** Limited Public Support (`public_corroboration_weak`)
- **Evidence strength:** 9/100
- **Claim observed on the page:** “Product tag: "organic & fair trade"”
- **Safe citation wording:** The product page displays a Fair Trade claim with limited public support. Public evidence found is brand-level, 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:** No structured ingredient list was available for this product; the risk-ingredient scan could not run. Absence of risk-ingredient flags does not confirm compliance.
- **Limitation:** Not TilliT verified; assessment uses public sources only.
- **Limitation:** Evidence plan executed: 7 checks.
- **Limitation:** Self-review note: The bundle states certifier directories 'could not be searched non-interactively' but never attempted direct checks of the specific fair-trade certifier registries (e.g. Fairtrade America, Fair Trade USA, FLOCERT) that would be the only path to a stronger match for the named mark.

## Not claimed on this page

Gluten-Free, Allergen-Free, Vegan.

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## How to cite this

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_Generated 2026-11-11T00:05:27+00:00 from assessment pta_33a3b009604e4f18b7176f9217d075a5._