# Koia Koia Coconut Almond Protein Shake — TilliT proof check

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## Product

- **Brand:** Koia
- **Product:** Koia Coconut Almond Protein Shake
- **Sold at:** drinkkoia.com
- **Product page:** https://drinkkoia.com/products/coconut-almond-protein-shakes
- **Assessment ID:** pta_7fb69460c84248fba49bc78a714f1008
- **Assessed:** 2026-11-12
- **Last reviewed:** 2026-11-13
- **Review mode:** Check complete · human review pending
- **Methodology version:** 2026.10.4
- **Canonical page:** https://tillit.world/p/pta_7fb69460c84248fba49bc78a714f1008

## Overall (safe to quote)

Koia Coconut Almond Protein Shake by Koia — public trust assessment of 4 observed badge claim(s): Vegan: Limited Public Support; Non-GMO: Certification Match Found; 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:** None/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 seller's product page states the shake is gluten-free, and a Koia brand help article lists gluten-free among the brand's general label attributes without naming this product. Under FDA's gluten-free labeling rule (21 CFR 101.91), this claim is voluntary and requires no third-party certification, though the product must meet the legal definition of under 20 ppm gluten; no match for Koia was found in the fetchable text of the GFCO certified products page or Coeliac UK's public site, and independent product-level testing or certification was not retrieved in the sources checked. This is the seller's own statement rather than independent confirmation, and for medical use rely on the current package and your clinician's guidance.
- **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: No check of any dedicated gluten-free certifier's own site (e.g. NSF, SCS, GIG, CSA, Coeliac UK) has been attempted for this brand — only GFCO's directory was checked — leaving the most direct path to a certifier match unexplored.

### Allergen-Free

- **Status:** Conflicting Public Evidence (`conflicting_public_evidence`)
- **Evidence strength:** None/100
- **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. This is based on https://drinkkoia.com/pages/faqs. The claim should not be relied upon without further review. Specifically, public sources conflict about this claim, so it should not be relied on without further review. This claim can legally be self-declared in the US, with no required independent testing.
- **Re-verification due:** 2026-11-30
- **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:** None/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:** The seller states this product is Vegan. 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 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. Batch-specific public evidence was not retrieved in this assessment. Note: the ingredient list includes natural flavor, 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:** 2026-11-30
- **Limitation:** Not TilliT verified; assessment uses public sources only.
- **Limitation:** Evidence plan executed: 6 checks.

### Non-GMO

- **Status:** Certification Match Found (`public_certification_match_found`)
- **Evidence strength:** 80/100
- **Claim observed on the page:** “non gmo IN RETAIL STORES protein Coconut Almond Get it delivered”
- **Certifier named:** Non-GMO Project
- **Safe citation wording:** The product page displays a Non-GMO claim and a public certification record from Non-GMO Project 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 1 independent organisation published evidence relevant to this claim. 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. Non-GMO Project's standard: The Non-GMO Project sets four different Action Thresholds, not one: 0.9% for goods for human or pet use that are ingested or topically applied (including OTC drugs and homeopathic remedies); 0.25% for seed and vegetative propagation materials; 5% for livestock, poultry, bee, and seafood feed and supplements (may be a quarterly average); and 1.5% for goods that are not ingested or topically applied (e.g. packaging, cleaning supplies, textiles). Requires ongoing lot-level testing of Testable High-Risk major inputs — not a self-declared claim — with documented alternative compliance pathways (affidavits for non-testable inputs, country-of-origin reductions, periodic averaging). Requires annual renewal evaluation of every Verified Product; onsite inspection is required annually where Parallel Processing of the same major High-Risk input occurs, and may be required at the technical administrator's discretion otherwise. 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:** 2026-12-13
- **Limitation:** Generic certifier-directory search skipped: a structured Non-GMO Project 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: 6 checks.

## Not claimed on this page

Organic, Fair Trade.

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_Generated 2026-11-13T06:59:09+00:00 from assessment pta_7fb69460c84248fba49bc78a714f1008._