# Koia Koia Strawberry Protein Shake — TilliT proof check

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## Product

- **Brand:** Koia
- **Product:** Koia Strawberry Protein Shake
- **GTIN:** 854092006507
- **Sold at:** drinkkoia.com
- **Product page:** https://drinkkoia.com/products/strawberry
- **Assessment ID:** pta_4f7189d4aa5b4cc5bdb3721ee7a8fd50
- **Assessed:** 2026-11-04
- **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_4f7189d4aa5b4cc5bdb3721ee7a8fd50

## Overall (safe to quote)

Koia Strawberry Protein Shake by Koia — public trust assessment of 4 observed badge claim(s): Vegan: Limited Public Support; Non-GMO: Limited Public Support; Gluten-Free: Limited Public Support; Allergen-Free: Conflicting Public Evidence. 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:** 14/100
- **Claim observed on the page:** “pea, and chickpea proteins – no dairy, no gluten, no soy, vegan, kosher & non-GMO. Gut Healthy”
- **Safe citation wording:** The product page displays a gluten-free claim, and a brand-level help article lists "Gluten-Free" among label attributes, though neither provides product-specific testing or certification for the Strawberry Protein Shake. No GFCO certification match for Koia was found in the sources checked, and the brand FAQ does not mention gluten status. Under FDA's gluten-free labeling rule (21 CFR 101.91), this claim is voluntary and requires no third-party certification, but the product must meet the legal definition of under 20 ppm gluten; independent public product-level testing or certification was not retrieved, so this reflects 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.
- **Limitation:** Self-review note: Only GFCO's registry was checked; no other major gluten-free certifier registries (e.g. NSF, SCS, GIG, CSA, Coeliac UK) were searched for this brand, leaving a specific, checkable path to a stronger certification match untried.

### Allergen-Free

- **Status:** Conflict detected — review pending (`preliminary`)
- **Claim observed on the page:** “Claims free of: dairy free, soy free”
- **Safe citation wording:** Preliminary — awaiting TilliT review: Public sources conflict about this product's Allergen-Free claim. This is based on https://drinkkoia.com/pages/faqs. The claim should not be relied upon without further review. Specifically, 1 independent organisation published evidence relevant to this claim, and independent evidence names this exact product. Note: the ingredient list includes tree nut, almond, 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.
- **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.

### Vegan

- **Status:** Limited Public Support (`public_corroboration_weak`)
- **Evidence strength:** 8/100
- **Claim observed on the page:** “Protein Shakes vegan? Yes. Koia Protein Shakes are 100% vegan and made with plant-based ingredients. What fiber”
- **Safe citation wording:** Claim supported. This kind of Vegan 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 Vegan. Batch-specific public evidence was not retrieved in this assessment. This claim can legally be self-declared in the US, with no required independent testing.
- **Re-verification due:** 2026-11-26
- **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:** “non gmo NEW! IN RETAIL STORES protein Strawberry Shop in store”
- **Safe citation wording:** The product page displays a Non-GMO claim with limited public support. Public evidence found is brand-level, company-level, product-level. Batch-specific public evidence was not retrieved in this assessment. Separately, the ingredient list includes pea, rice — the Non-GMO Project's own Monitored-Risk list (a real but lower signal than its High-Risk list, per the Project's own standard), included here for shoppers who want it, not as a contradiction of this claim. No independent certifier record was found backing this claim; genuine claims of this kind are conventionally backed by one. Non-GMO is accurate for this product, but none of its listed ingredients (e.g. corn, soy, canola, sugar beet, alfalfa, papaya, eggplant, pineapple, zucchini, potato, or animal-derived inputs such as meat, dairy, or egg) are among the crop types or inputs with a commercially available genetically modified/GMO-fed counterpart (TilliT uses the US list, which approves more such crops than most markets) — so this claim may not be a meaningful distinction for this specific product.
- **Re-verification due:** 2026-11-24
- **Limitation:** Not TilliT verified; assessment uses public sources only.
- **Limitation:** Evidence plan executed: 6 checks.

## Not claimed on this page

Organic, Fair Trade.

## Machine-readable versions

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_Generated 2026-11-04T10:34:42+00:00 from assessment pta_4f7189d4aa5b4cc5bdb3721ee7a8fd50._