# Taza Chocolate 95% Wicked Dark — TilliT proof check

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## Product

- **Brand:** Taza Chocolate
- **Product:** 95% Wicked Dark
- **GTIN:** 856072004565
- **Sold at:** tazachocolate.com
- **Product page:** https://www.tazachocolate.com/products/wicked-dark
- **Assessment ID:** pta_51d85189d3d542c58fbeb0d47b2efdf0
- **Assessed:** 2026-10-12
- **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:** 2026.09.1
- **Canonical page:** https://tillit.world/p/pta_51d85189d3d542c58fbeb0d47b2efdf0

## Overall (safe to quote)

95% Wicked Dark by Taza Chocolate — public trust assessment of 6 observed badge claim(s): Organic: Limited Public Support; Vegan: Limited Public Support; Non-GMO: Limited Public Support; Gluten-Free: Certification Match Found; Allergen-Free: Conflicting Public Evidence; 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:** Certification Match Found (`public_certification_match_found`)
- **Evidence strength:** 89/100
- **Claim observed on the page:** “and organic, with NO dairy, NO soy, NO gluten”
- **Certifier named:** GFCO
- **Safe citation wording:** 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 the product page displays a recognized certification mark. 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:** 2026-12-08
- **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:** Conflict detected — review pending (`preliminary`)
- **Claim observed on the page:** “Claims free of: dairy free, soy free”
- **Safe citation wording:** Public sources conflict about this product's Allergen-Free claim. The claim should not be relied upon without further review. Specifically, 2 independent organisations published evidence relevant to this claim, and the supporting evidence is specific to this exact product. Note: the ingredient list includes tree nut, sesame, may contain, 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 and unregulated, with no required threshold or testing behind it.
- **Re-verification due:** 2026-11-11
- **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:** 69/100
- **Claim observed on the page:** “can find. Paleo-friendly, vegan, and organic, with NO dairy, NO soy, NO gluten”
- **Certifier named:** Baystate Organic Certifiers (via USDA Organic Integrity Database)
- **Safe citation wording:** The product page displays an organic claim and a recognized certification mark, and public sources state the brand is Certified Organic by Baystate Organic Certifiers at the company level. Public evidence retrieved does not name or confirm this specific product, and batch-specific public evidence was not retrieved. This claim's wording corresponds to the USDA National Organic Program's 'organic' labeling category, which requires at least 95% organic content and may display the official organic seal.
- **Re-verification due:** 2026-12-03
- **Limitation:** Generic certifier-directory search skipped: a structured Baystate Organic Certifiers (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:** 29/100
- **Claim observed on the page:** “you can find. Paleo-friendly, vegan, and organic, with NO dairy, NO soy, NO gluten. Learn”
- **Safe citation wording:** The product page states a vegan claim, and one independent organisation published evidence relevant to this claim that is specific to this exact product; public evidence found is brand-level, company-level, and product-level, while batch-specific public evidence was not retrieved in this assessment. The ingredient list includes sugar, which may warrant further verification for a vegan claim. This claim can legally be self-declared in the US, with no required independent testing.
- **Re-verification due:** 2026-11-11
- **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:** 28/100
- **Claim observed on the page:** “is certified USDA Organic, Direct Trade Certified, Non-GMO, Certified Gluten Free, and Kosher Pareve. It is also”
- **Safe citation wording:** The product page states the item is Non-GMO, and public evidence retrieved is brand- and company-level rather than specific to this product or batch. No independent certifier record backing this claim was found in this assessment, and batch-specific public evidence was not retrieved. Because the listed ingredients are not among crop types with a commercially available genetically modified counterpart in the US, this claim may not represent a meaningful distinction for this product.
- **Re-verification due:** 2026-11-11
- **Limitation:** Not TilliT verified; assessment uses public sources only.
- **Limitation:** Evidence plan executed: 6 checks.

### Fair Trade

- **Status:** Limited Public Support (`public_corroboration_weak`)
- **Evidence strength:** 27/100
- **Claim observed on the page:** “This product is certified USDA Organic, Direct Trade Certified, Non-GMO, Certified Gluten Free, and Kosher Pareve.”
- **Safe citation wording:** The product page states a fair-trade claim, and public evidence found is brand-level and company-level, with one independent organisation publishing relevant evidence; product-level support specific to this exact product was not retrieved. Batch-specific public evidence was not retrieved, and no independent certifier record backing this claim was found, though public certifier directories could not be searched non-interactively. The ingredient list includes cocoa and sugar, which may warrant further verification for a fair-trade claim.
- **Re-verification due:** 2026-11-11
- **Limitation:** Not TilliT verified; assessment uses public sources only.
- **Limitation:** Evidence plan executed: 7 checks.
- **Limitation:** Self-review note: No check of Fair Trade USA's own site (action 60) has been attempted for Taza Chocolate, even though 'Direct Trade Certified' is Taza's own program and Fair Trade USA is the most likely public registry to corroborate or contradict a fair-trade claim for a US bean-to-bar maker.

## Machine-readable versions

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## How to cite this

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_Generated 2026-10-13T02:04:02+00:00 from assessment pta_51d85189d3d542c58fbeb0d47b2efdf0._