# Montezuma's Chocolate Organic Dark Chocolate Advent Calendar — TilliT proof check

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## Product

- **Brand:** Montezuma's Chocolate
- **Product:** Organic Dark Chocolate Advent Calendar
- **GTIN:** 5061120530018
- **Sold at:** montezumas.co.uk
- **Product page:** https://montezumas.co.uk/products/dark-chocolate-advent-calendar-2026
- **Assessment ID:** pta_3977497a19564c2fba714f6fa3138b5b
- **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_3977497a19564c2fba714f6fa3138b5b

## Overall (safe to quote)

Organic Dark Chocolate Advent Calendar 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:** “FREE FROM: COLOURINGS, GLUTEN, GM & PRESERVATIVES”
- **Safe citation wording:** The seller's product page states the product is gluten-free ("FREE FROM: COLOURINGS, GLUTEN, GM & PRESERVATIVES"); this is the seller's own statement and not independent confirmation. A brand help/about article describes factory practices and links to a "Gluten Free Chocolate" shop category but does not mention this product, and no match for the brand was found on the GFCO certified products page checked; batch-specific public evidence and independent product-level testing or certification were not retrieved. Under 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, so the absence of retrieved independent evidence is a gap in public evidence rather than a finding about the label.
- **Re-verification due:** 2026-12-04
- **Limitation:** Not TilliT verified; assessment uses public sources only.
- **Limitation:** Evidence plan executed: 7 checks.

### Organic

- **Status:** Limited Public Support (`public_corroboration_weak`)
- **Evidence strength:** 9/100
- **Claim observed on the page:** “to be enabled for some features to work correctly. Organic Dark Chocolate Advent Calendar”
- **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 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. 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:** 2026-12-10
- **Limitation:** Not TilliT verified; assessment uses public sources only.
- **Limitation:** Evidence plan executed: 7 checks.
- **Limitation:** Self-review note: The Soil Association's own certification directory was checked only via a generic site fetch that returned no match, but the Soil Association's dedicated 'certified products/businesses' search tool (a distinct lookup from the general site text) was never specifically queried for 'Montezuma's', which

### Vegan

- **Status:** Limited Public Support (`public_corroboration_weak`)
- **Evidence strength:** 8/100
- **Claim observed on the page:** “GLUTEN, GM & PRESERVATIVES • NO PALM OIL. EVER • SUITABLE FOR VEGANS. Allergens For allergens, please see the ingredients”
- **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. 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 'Organic 70% Dark Chocolate' 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 states "FREE FROM: COLOURINGS, GLUTEN, GM & PRESERVATIVES," and public evidence retrieved is company-level (Montezuma's West Sussex factory and ethical sourcing certifications) rather than product- or batch-specific. No independent certifier record backing a non-GMO claim for this product was retrieved in this assessment, and the brand article reviewed does not mention this product or any non-GMO status. Publicly supported wording is therefore limited to the on-page statement and general company information.
- **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.

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