# Alter Eco Foods Salted Caramel Truffles (60 Piece) — TilliT proof check

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## Product

- **Brand:** Alter Eco Foods
- **Product:** Salted Caramel Truffles (60 Piece)
- **Sold at:** alterecofoods.com
- **Product page:** https://www.alterecofoods.com/products/60piece-dark-salted-caramel-truffles
- **Assessment ID:** pta_47e671fd8bac4bf6a6ea0e402bab6c4d
- **Assessed:** 2026-11-09
- **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:** 2026.10.4
- **Canonical page:** https://tillit.world/p/pta_47e671fd8bac4bf6a6ea0e402bab6c4d

## Overall (safe to quote)

Salted Caramel Truffles (60 Piece) by Alter Eco Foods — public trust assessment of 4 observed badge claim(s): Organic: Certification Match Found; Vegan: Conflicting 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:** Certification Match Found (`public_certification_match_found`)
- **Evidence strength:** 73/100
- **Claim observed on the page:** “Bars Chocolate Truffles Truffle Thins Oat Clusters Organic Granola Save 15% With Subscriptions Frequently Asked”
- **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. 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:** 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:** Conflict detected — review pending (`preliminary`)
- **Claim observed on the page:** “Guérande for a creamy, deep caramel bite. *Wrapped in plant-based, non GMO, compostable wrappers! Ingredients &”
- **Safe citation wording:** Preliminary — awaiting TilliT review: The product page uses the term "plant-based" rather than an explicit "Vegan" claim, while its declared ingredient list names milk, which conflicts with a vegan designation. The brand's public About page describes certifications such as B Corp, fair trade, and organic but does not address this product's vegan status, and a check of the Vegan Action (vegan.org) page returned no match for the brand. "Vegan" is not defined by US food regulation, and no independent vegan certification for this product was retrieved.
- **Re-verification due:** 2026-11-28
- **Limitation:** The Orthodox Union's own kosher product records classify 'Salted caramel truffles' 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:** 8/100
- **Claim observed on the page:** “caramel bite. *Wrapped in plant-based, non GMO, compostable wrappers! Ingredients & Nutrition”
- **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. Note: the ingredient list includes milk, which may warrant further verification for a Non-GMO claim. Note: the product page's text mentions apple (not found in a structured ingredient list), which may warrant further verification for a Non-GMO claim. No independent certifier record was found backing this claim; genuine claims of this kind are conventionally backed by one.
- **Re-verification due:** 2026-11-26
- **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:** 49/100
- **Claim observed on the page:** “(fleur de sel), *organic vanilla beans. *Fair for Life Fair Trade Certified. Contains 92.8% Fair Trade Ingredients”
- **Certifier named:** Fairtrade International (Fairtrade Finder)
- **Safe citation wording:** The product page states "Fair for Life Fair Trade Certified" and 92.8% Fair Trade Ingredients, and a recognized certification mark is displayed; the brand's About page describes fair-trade sourcing but does not name this specific product. A certifier listing was found at brand/company level, while product-level and batch-specific public evidence was not retrieved in this assessment. Fair-trade certification can apply to specific ingredients via mass balance rather than the whole product, so the scope of this claim is not established by the public evidence reviewed.
- **Re-verification due:** 2026-12-09
- **Limitation:** The fair-trade mark shown on this product is Fair Trade USA, but the only registry TilliT can search for this claim is Fairtrade International — a different, separately-run certification scheme. This scheme publishes no searchable public directory, so its certification can't be confirmed or ruled out from public data.
- **Limitation:** Not TilliT verified; assessment uses public sources only.
- **Limitation:** Evidence plan executed: 7 checks.
- **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.

## Not claimed on this page

Gluten-Free, Allergen-Free.

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_Generated 2026-11-11T20:22:39+00:00 from assessment pta_47e671fd8bac4bf6a6ea0e402bab6c4d._