# Montezuma's Chocolate Minted - Milk Chocolate with Crunchy Peppermint — TilliT proof check

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## Product

- **Brand:** Montezuma's Chocolate
- **Product:** Minted - Milk Chocolate with Crunchy Peppermint
- **GTIN:** 5060719927802
- **Sold at:** montezumas.co.uk
- **Product page:** https://montezumas.co.uk/products/minted-milk-chocolate-with-peppermint-copy
- **Assessment ID:** pta_84e66026465d4a2ea3f9b45b070cb283
- **Assessed:** 2026-10-28
- **Last reviewed:** n/a
- **Review mode:** Check complete · human review pending
- **Methodology version:** 2026.10.4
- **Canonical page:** https://tillit.world/p/pta_84e66026465d4a2ea3f9b45b070cb283

## Overall (safe to quote)

Minted - Milk Chocolate with Crunchy Peppermint by Montezuma's Chocolate — public trust assessment of 2 observed badge claim(s): Non-GMO: Limited Public Support; Gluten-Free: 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:** Limited Public Support (`public_corroboration_weak`)
- **Evidence strength:** 9/100
- **Claim observed on the page:** “Product tag: "Gluten Free Chocolate"”
- **Safe citation wording:** The product page displays a "Gluten Free Chocolate" tag, and the brand's public pages include a gluten-free shop category, though these do not name this specific product. Under UK rules on gluten-free claims, such a claim is voluntary and needs no third-party certificate, but the product must meet the legal definition of no more than 20 mg of gluten per kg. No independent product-level testing or certification for this product was retrieved in the sources checked, and batch-specific public evidence was not retrieved, so this reflects a gap in public evidence rather than a conclusion about the label.
- **Re-verification due:** 2026-11-27
- **Limitation:** Not TilliT verified; assessment uses public sources only.
- **Limitation:** Evidence plan executed: 7 checks.

### Non-GMO

- **Status:** Limited Public Support (`public_corroboration_weak`)
- **Evidence strength:** 9/100
- **Claim observed on the page:** “FREE FROM: COLOURINGS, GLUTEN, GM & PRESERVATIVES”
- **Safe citation wording:** The product page displays a "GM free" statement within its "FREE FROM" list, and public evidence found is brand- and company-level; batch-specific public evidence was not retrieved in this assessment. The brand's help article does not mention this product or any non-GMO claim, and no independent certifier record backing this claim was found. The ingredient list includes soy, which may warrant further verification for a non-GMO claim.
- **Re-verification due:** 2026-11-27
- **Limitation:** Not TilliT verified; assessment uses public sources only.
- **Limitation:** Evidence plan executed: 6 checks.

## Not claimed on this page

Allergen-Free, Organic, Vegan, Fair Trade.

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## How to cite this

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_Generated 2026-10-29T02:33:12+00:00 from assessment pta_84e66026465d4a2ea3f9b45b070cb283._