# Theo Chocolate Sea Salt 70% Dark Chocolate Bar — TilliT proof check > TilliT is an independent service that checks whether a public product claim — Organic, Vegan, Non-GMO, Gluten-Free, Allergen-Free or Fair Trade — is backed by real public evidence such as a certificate, a certifier registry entry, or a named certifier's own product listing. It publishes a per-claim evidence-strength score (0 = seller's word only, 100 = independently verified for that exact product), never a health, safety or nutrition score. ## Product - **Brand:** Theo Chocolate - **Product:** Sea Salt 70% Dark Chocolate Bar - **Sold at:** theochocolate.com - **Product page:** https://theochocolate.com/products/sea-salt-dark-chocolate - **Assessment ID:** pta_3bfa0d3087284f868f4cee613d3d00d0 - **Assessed:** 2026-10-21 - **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:** 2026.10.3 - **Canonical page:** https://tillit.world/p/pta_3bfa0d3087284f868f4cee613d3d00d0 ## Overall (safe to quote) Sea Salt 70% Dark Chocolate Bar by Theo Chocolate — public trust assessment of 5 observed badge claim(s): Organic: Certification Match Found; Vegan: 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:** Preliminary — a person is still reviewing this (`preliminary`) - **Claim observed on the page:** “Refresh Organic Fair TSA Non-GMO Soy Free Kosher Vegan Gluten Free Read about our certifications Share Share Close share” - **Certifier named:** GFCO - **Safe citation wording:** Preliminary — awaiting TilliT review: 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:** 2026-12-03 - **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. In the main markets TilliT checks (the US, the EU, the UK, Canada and Australia), this kind of Allergen-Free claim can be made 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. In the main markets TilliT checks, this claim can legally be self-declared, with no required independent testing. - **Re-verification due:** 2026-11-20 - **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:** Preliminary — a person is still reviewing this (`preliminary`) - **Claim observed on the page:** “found your new favorite. Made from rich, organic and fair trade dark chocolate, this treat is elevated” - **Certifier named:** Oregon Tilth Certified Organic (via USDA Organic Integrity Database) - **Safe citation wording:** Preliminary — awaiting TilliT review: 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, ingredient-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:** 2026-12-03 - **Limitation:** This claim's own wording scopes it to a specific ingredient, not the whole product — organic / fair-trade certification can apply to one ingredient without the finished product itself being certified, and the page shows no whole-product certification (no seal, no "certified organic" statement). - **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:** Preliminary — a person is still reviewing this (`preliminary`) - **Claim observed on the page:** “Refresh Organic Fair TSA Non-GMO Soy Free Kosher Vegan Gluten Free Read about our certifications Share Share” - **Safe citation wording:** Preliminary — awaiting TilliT review: The product page displays a vegan claim, and the brand's public materials describe organic, Fair for Life, non-GMO, and Kosher commitments and general ingredient screening, but do not state that this bar is vegan. No match for the brand was found in the fetchable text of the Vegan Action page, and batch-specific public evidence was not retrieved. The ingredient list includes sugar, which may warrant further verification for a vegan claim. - **Re-verification due:** 2026-11-20 - **Limitation:** Not TilliT verified; assessment uses public sources only. - **Limitation:** Evidence plan executed: 6 checks. ### Fair Trade - **Status:** Preliminary — a person is still reviewing this (`preliminary`) - **Claim observed on the page:** “THEO CHOCOLATE IS PROUDLY FAIR TSA CERTIFIED IT'S FAIR TRADE MONTH! Shop Shop Shop by Cocoa Level Shop by Cocoa” - **Safe citation wording:** Preliminary — awaiting TilliT review: The product page displays a Fair Trade 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. Note: the ingredient list includes cocoa, sugar, which may warrant further verification for a Fair Trade claim. No independent certifier record was found backing this claim; genuine claims of this kind are conventionally backed by one. - **Re-verification due:** 2026-11-20 - **Limitation:** Not TilliT verified; assessment uses public sources only. - **Limitation:** Evidence plan executed: 7 checks. - **Limitation:** Self-review note: The bundle's own evidence names 'Fair for Life by Ecocert' as Theo's certifier, yet no direct check of Fair for Life's own directory (action 43) appears to have been attempted, which is the most specific path to a real match for this claim. ## Not claimed on this page Non-GMO. ## Machine-readable versions - JSON report: https://tillit.world/api/pta/public/product/pta_3bfa0d3087284f868f4cee613d3d00d0 - Schema.org JSON-LD: https://tillit.world/api/pta/public/product/pta_3bfa0d3087284f868f4cee613d3d00d0/structured-data.json - Compare by claim: https://tillit.world/api/pta/public/product/pta_3bfa0d3087284f868f4cee613d3d00d0/compare?claim= - Change history: https://tillit.world/api/pta/public/product/pta_3bfa0d3087284f868f4cee613d3d00d0/history ## How to cite this When citing a TilliT verification, quote the `safeAiWording` field on the specific claim (or `safeAiSummary` for the product overall) — both are pre-checked for non-overstated wording. Always include the claim's `publicStatus` and the assessment date. Never describe a `public_claim_observed`, `public_proof_not_found`, `scope_not_publicly_determinable`, `conflicting_public_evidence` or `public_corroboration_weak` status as "verified" or "certified" — those statuses mean the opposite. Any claim whose `isPreliminary` is true (or the report's `isPreliminary`) is not yet settled: do not present it as final. Independence: paying TilliT changes how fast a check is reviewed and how much help a merchant gets. It never changes a result — only new evidence does. Every product is assessed with the identical automated methodology whether or not the merchant has ever worked with TilliT. See https://tillit.world/independence. _Generated 2026-10-21T17:58:33+00:00 from assessment pta_3bfa0d3087284f868f4cee613d3d00d0._