# Navitas Bittersweet Cacao Wafers — TilliT proof check

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## Product

- **Brand:** Navitas
- **Product:** Bittersweet Cacao Wafers
- **Sold at:** navitasorganics.com
- **Product page:** https://navitasorganics.com/products/bittersweet-cacao-wafers
- **Assessment ID:** pta_48914561978e4a6baf581084dcac13cd
- **Assessed:** 2026-11-01
- **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_48914561978e4a6baf581084dcac13cd

## Overall (safe to quote)

Bittersweet Cacao Wafers by Navitas — public trust assessment of 4 observed badge claim(s): Organic: Limited Public Support; Gluten-Free: Limited Public Support; 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:** Limited Public Support (`public_corroboration_weak`)
- **Evidence strength:** 42/100
- **Claim observed on the page:** “All of our products are inherently gluten-free and are tested to ensure less than 20 parts per million”
- **Certifier named:** GFCO
- **Safe citation wording:** The product page displays a Gluten-Free 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 company-level, product-level. Batch-specific public evidence was not retrieved in this assessment. Under FDA's gluten-free labeling rule (21 CFR 101.91), this claim is voluntary and needs no third-party certification program or specific test method, but the product must meet the legal definition (under 20 ppm gluten). TilliT did not find independent public product-level testing or certification in the sources checked, so TilliT cannot independently confirm this claim today — that is a gap in public evidence, not a sign the label lacks legal support. For medical use, rely on the current package and your clinician's guidance. GFCO's standard: Stricter than the FDA's own <20 ppm labeling rule.
- **Re-verification due:** 2026-11-27
- **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: dairy free, soy free”
- **Safe citation wording:** Preliminary — awaiting TilliT review: Claim supported. This kind of Allergen-Free 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 Allergen-Free. Batch-specific public evidence was not retrieved in this assessment. Note: the product page's text mentions peanut, tree nut, milk, soy, may contain (not found in a structured ingredient list), which may warrant further verification for a Allergen-Free claim. This claim can legally be self-declared in the US, with no required independent testing. The precautionary allergen language on this product page states no quantitative basis — in the US, this kind of wording is voluntary, with no required threshold or testing behind it.
- **Re-verification due:** 2026-11-26
- **Limitation:** This is a claim about specific allergens (dairy-free, 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:** Limited Public Support (`public_corroboration_weak`)
- **Evidence strength:** 44/100
- **Claim observed on the page:** “Purpose Our Growers Our Story Recipes Learn Regenerative Organic Superfoods 101 Blog Recipes Help Center Shipping/Returns”
- **Certifier named:** Control Union Certifications B.V. (via USDA Organic Integrity Database)
- **Safe citation wording:** The product page displays a Organic claim with limited public support. 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 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. 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:** 2026-11-29
- **Limitation:** Generic certifier-directory search skipped: a structured Control Union Certifications B.V. (via USDA Organic Integrity Database) match already resolved this badge with higher confidence than a text-directory probe could add.
- **Limitation:** The Control Union Certifications B.V. (via USDA Organic Integrity Database) product list names "60% cacao wafers*", which is the product family, not specifically "Bittersweet Cacao Wafers"; no exact-item upgrade was made.
- **Limitation:** Not TilliT verified; assessment uses public sources only.
- **Limitation:** Evidence plan executed: 7 checks.

### Fair Trade

- **Status:** Limited Public Support (`public_corroboration_weak`)
- **Evidence strength:** 45/100
- **Claim observed on the page:** “Featured Best Sellers On Sale Bundles New Products Fairtrade Cacao Store Locator Subscribe & Save About Our Purpose”
- **Certifier named:** Fairtrade International (Fairtrade Finder)
- **Safe citation wording:** The product page displays a Fair Trade claim with limited public support. 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 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. Fairtrade International (Fairtrade Finder)'s standard: Fairtrade International is the standard-setter behind the Fairtrade Mark; FLOCERT performs the actual certification audits on a 3-year cycle. Certifies both small-producer cooperatives and hired-labour plantations (tea, bananas, cut flowers) under separate standards, each with its own minimum price floor and fixed per-unit Fairtrade Premium; independent research has found premium tracking below the cooperative/plantation level is limited. Independent research has found that fair-trade premiums do not always reach hired workers directly, and certifying bodies do not routinely monitor how the premium is spent once it reaches a cooperative or producer — this is a general limitation of fair-trade premium tracking industry-wide, not a finding specific to this product.
- **Re-verification due:** 2026-12-01
- **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

Vegan, Non-GMO.

## Machine-readable versions

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_Generated 2026-11-01T14:46:52+00:00 from assessment pta_48914561978e4a6baf581084dcac13cd._