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

> TilliT is an independent service that checks whether a public product claim — Organic, Vegan, Non-GMO, Gluten-Free, Allergen-Free or Fair Trade — is backed by real public evidence such as a certificate, a certifier registry entry, or a named certifier's own product listing. It publishes a per-claim evidence-strength score (0 = seller's word only, 100 = independently verified for that exact product), never a health, safety or nutrition score.

## Product

- **Brand:** Clearspring
- **Product:** Organic Japanese Matcha Sencha - Loose Leaf Tea
- **GTIN:** 5021554005926
- **Sold at:** clearspring.co.uk
- **Product page:** https://clearspring.co.uk/products/organic-japanese-matcha-sencha-loose-leaf-tea
- **Assessment ID:** pta_6ab15ae52e694a4b8ef8f530ab6ee734
- **Assessed:** 2026-10-21
- **Last reviewed:** 2026-10-21
- **Review mode:** Check complete · human review verified
- **Methodology version:** 2026.10.2
- **Canonical page:** https://tillit.world/p/pta_6ab15ae52e694a4b8ef8f530ab6ee734

## 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:** “New New 18 reviews Organic Japanese Matcha Sencha - Loose Leaf Tea”
- **Certifier named:** Quality Certification Services (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 1 independent organisation published evidence relevant to this claim. Public evidence found is brand-level, 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:** 2026-11-20
- **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.
- **Limitation:** This product states a non-US origin (Japan). For imported organic products the certified operation is usually a foreign exporter or handler, and the US import certificate itself is not a public record. TilliT checked the applicable foreign organic registers; a US-only registry search cannot be expected to find the operation.

### Vegan

- **Status:** Limited Public Support (`public_corroboration_weak`)
- **Evidence strength:** 10/100
- **Claim observed on the page:** “for only 1-2 minutes and enjoy. Organic Plant-based Combines fresh sencha with rich ceremonial matcha”
- **Safe citation wording:** Claim supported. 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 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. This claim can legally be self-declared in the UK, with no required independent testing.
- **Re-verification due:** 2026-11-20
- **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 2026-10-21T10:09:48+00:00 from assessment pta_6ab15ae52e694a4b8ef8f530ab6ee734._