# Alter Eco Foods Quinoa Crunch — TilliT proof check

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## Product

- **Brand:** Alter Eco Foods
- **Product:** Quinoa Crunch
- **Sold at:** alterecofoods.com
- **Product page:** https://www.alterecofoods.com/products/dark-quinoa
- **Assessment ID:** pta_8e7009a020db4942ae684b72e8bc4350
- **Assessed:** 2026-11-09
- **Last reviewed:** n/a
- **Review mode:** Check complete · human review pending
- **Methodology version:** 2026.10.4
- **Canonical page:** https://tillit.world/p/pta_8e7009a020db4942ae684b72e8bc4350

## Overall (safe to quote)

Quinoa Crunch by Alter Eco Foods — public trust assessment of 3 observed badge claim(s): Organic: Certification Match Found; Vegan: Limited Public Support; 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

### Organic

- **Status:** Certification Match Found (`public_certification_match_found`)
- **Evidence strength:** 73/100
- **Claim observed on the page:** “Crunch Deep Dark Quinoa Crunch Chocolate Bar| Vegan, Organic, & Fair Trade | Alter Eco – Alter Eco Foods”
- **Certifier named:** Quality Assurance International (via USDA Organic Integrity Database)
- **Safe citation wording:** The product page displays a Organic claim and a public certification record from Quality Assurance International (via USDA Organic Integrity Database) 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. 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:** 2026-11-30
- **Limitation:** Generic certifier-directory search skipped: a structured Quality Assurance International (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:** 8/100
- **Claim observed on the page:** “no additives, no artificial sweeteners, vegan, fair trade, recyclable packaging 70% Deep Dark Sea”
- **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. Specifically, the brand has publicly stated related credibility information. Batch-specific public evidence was not retrieved in this assessment. Note: 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:** 2026-11-28
- **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:** 38/100
- **Claim observed on the page:** “Quinoa Crunch Chocolate Bar| Vegan, Organic, & Fair Trade | Alter Eco – Alter Eco Foods Skip to content”
- **Certifier named:** Fairtrade International (Fairtrade Finder)
- **Safe citation wording:** The product page displays a Fair Trade claim, and a certifier lists the brand's parent company, Alter Eco Foods LLC, as certified at company level for several commodities including cocoa and cane sugar; this listing was not confirmed for this specific Quinoa Crunch product. Public evidence retrieved is brand- and company-level, and batch-specific public evidence was not retrieved in this assessment. Fair-trade certification can apply to individual ingredients rather than the whole product, and independent research notes general limitations in tracking how premiums reach workers, which is not a finding specific to this product.
- **Re-verification due:** 2026-12-09
- **Limitation:** Generic certifier-directory search skipped: a structured Fairtrade International (Fairtrade Finder) 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.

## Not claimed on this page

Gluten-Free, Allergen-Free, Non-GMO.

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## How to cite this

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_Generated 2026-11-09T18:01:14+00:00 from assessment pta_8e7009a020db4942ae684b72e8bc4350._