# Smith Teamaker Smith Tea - Portland Breakfast, Black Tea — TilliT proof check

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## Product

- **Brand:** Smith Teamaker
- **Product:** Smith Tea - Portland Breakfast, Black Tea
- **Sold at:** smithtea.com
- **Product page:** https://smithtea.com/products/portland-breakfast
- **Assessment ID:** pta_80a26b27c33c4d619c51521fa4ed521c
- **Assessed:** 2026-10-30
- **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_80a26b27c33c4d619c51521fa4ed521c

## Overall (safe to quote)

Smith Tea - Portland Breakfast, Black Tea by Smith Teamaker — public trust assessment of 3 observed badge claim(s): Organic: Limited Public Support; Vegan: Limited Public Support; Gluten-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:** Conflict detected — review pending (`preliminary`)
- **Claim observed on the page:** “When Available Plant Based Sachet Zero Microplastics Gluten Free Details Preparation Ingredients Big, strong and assertive”
- **Safe citation wording:** Preliminary — awaiting TilliT review: Public sources conflict about this product's Gluten-Free claim. This is based on the product's own declared ingredient list ("malt"). The claim should not be relied upon without further review. Specifically, the brand has publicly stated related credibility information, and public sources conflict about this claim, so it should not be relied on without further review. The ingredient list itself names malt, which conflicts with the Gluten-Free claim. Under FDA's gluten-free labeling rule (21 CFR 101.91), this claim is voluntary and needs no third-party certification program or specific test method, but the product must meet the legal definition (under 20 ppm gluten). TilliT did not find independent public product-level testing or certification in the sources checked, so TilliT cannot independently confirm this claim today — that is a gap in public evidence, not a sign the label lacks legal support. For medical use, rely on the current package and your clinician's guidance.
- **Re-verification due:** 2026-11-28
- **Limitation:** Not TilliT verified; assessment uses public sources only.
- **Limitation:** Evidence plan executed: 7 checks.
- **Limitation:** Self-review note: No check of the remaining major gluten-free certifier registries (Celiac Support Association, National Celiac Association, Coeliac UK, GIG, etc.) has been attempted for this brand, so a certifier match could still exist that the single GFCO check would miss.

### Organic

- **Status:** Limited Public Support (`public_corroboration_weak`)
- **Evidence strength:** 48/100
- **Claim observed on the page:** “Product tag: "ingredients-Organic Assam"”
- **Certifier named:** CCOF Certification Services, LLC (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 the product page displays a recognized certification mark. Public evidence found is 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.
- **Re-verification due:** 2026-11-29
- **Limitation:** Generic certifier-directory search skipped: a structured CCOF Certification Services, LLC (via USDA Organic Integrity Database) match already resolved this badge with higher confidence than a text-directory probe could add.
- **Limitation:** The CCOF Certification Services, LLC (via USDA Organic Integrity Database) product list names "Portland Breakfast", which is the product family, not specifically "Smith Tea - Portland Breakfast, Black Tea"; no exact-item upgrade was made.
- **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:** 8/100
- **Claim observed on the page:** “Our Sachets have Cachet Our sachets are crafted from plant-based material and sealed using soundwave technology — no”
- **Safe citation wording:** The product page uses plant-based wording about sachet material rather than an explicit "Vegan" claim, and the available ingredient statement and related public evidence were reviewed without finding a contradiction. No match for the brand was found in the fetchable text of the Vegan Action page, and batch-specific public evidence was not retrieved. This reflects only the public evidence reviewed and does not indicate third-party certification.
- **Re-verification due:** 2026-11-29
- **Limitation:** Not TilliT verified; assessment uses public sources only.
- **Limitation:** Evidence plan executed: 6 checks.

## Not claimed on this page

Allergen-Free, Non-GMO, Fair Trade.

## Machine-readable versions

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## How to cite this

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_Generated 2026-10-30T11:49:37+00:00 from assessment pta_80a26b27c33c4d619c51521fa4ed521c._