# Clearspring Organic Japanese Matcha Sencha - Loose Leaf Tea — TilliT proof check

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## Product

- **Brand:** Clearspring
- **Product:** Organic Japanese Matcha Sencha - Loose Leaf Tea
- **Sold at:** clearspring.co.uk
- **Product page:** https://clearspring.co.uk/products/organic-japanese-matcha-sencha-loose-leaf-tea
- **Assessment ID:** pta_4e63554946e6410ea2b19f839224a375
- **Assessed:** 2026-11-09
- **Last reviewed:** n/a
- **Review mode:** Check complete · human review pending
- **Methodology version:** 2026.10.4
- **Canonical page:** https://tillit.world/p/pta_4e63554946e6410ea2b19f839224a375

## Overall (safe to quote)

Organic Japanese Matcha Sencha - Loose Leaf Tea by Clearspring — public trust assessment of 2 observed badge claim(s): Organic: Limited Public Support; Vegan: 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:** Limited Public Support (`public_corroboration_weak`)
- **Evidence strength:** 40/100
- **Claim observed on the page:** “Organic Japanese Matcha Sencha - Loose Leaf Tea Organic Japanese”
- **Certifier named:** Quality Certification Services (via USDA Organic Integrity Database)
- **Safe citation wording:** The product page displays an organic claim, and public evidence found is brand- and company-level, including a certifier listing the brand as certified and one independent organisation publishing relevant evidence; a listing in an independent registry names the company behind the claim as certified, but that listing is company-level and not confirmed for this exact product. Batch-specific public evidence was not retrieved in this assessment, and which country's organic rules apply to this product could not be confirmed from the page. This summary describes only what public sources show and does not confirm the claim for this specific product.
- **Re-verification due:** 2026-11-30
- **Limitation:** Which country's organic scheme applies to this product could not be confirmed from the page, so no country-specific label rule was applied.
- **Limitation:** Generic certifier-directory search skipped: a structured Quality Certification Services (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:** Limited Public Support (`public_corroboration_weak`)
- **Evidence strength:** 10/100
- **Claim observed on the page:** “Organic Plant-based 100% plant-based 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. Note: the product page did not use the word "Vegan" itself — this assessment was triggered by a related but distinct term (e.g. "plant-based"), not an explicit Vegan claim. Note: the ingredient list includes sugar, which may warrant further verification for a Vegan claim. This claim can legally be self-declared in the UK, with no required independent testing.
- **Re-verification due:** 2026-11-28
- **Limitation:** Not TilliT verified; assessment uses public sources only.
- **Limitation:** Evidence plan executed: 6 checks.

## Not claimed on this page

Gluten-Free, Allergen-Free, Non-GMO, Fair Trade.

## Machine-readable versions

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## How to cite this

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_Generated 2026-11-09T17:57:40+00:00 from assessment pta_4e63554946e6410ea2b19f839224a375._