# Montezuma's Chocolate Organic Dark Chocolate Advent Calendar 2026 — TilliT proof check

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## Product

- **Brand:** Montezuma's Chocolate
- **Product:** Organic Dark Chocolate Advent Calendar 2026
- **GTIN:** 5061120530018
- **Sold at:** montezumas.co.uk
- **Product page:** https://montezumas.co.uk/products/dark-chocolate-advent-calendar-2026
- **Assessment ID:** pta_8f52317a94284734b53ce75af03abdc8
- **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_8f52317a94284734b53ce75af03abdc8

## Overall (safe to quote)

Organic Dark Chocolate Advent Calendar 2026 by Montezuma's Chocolate — public trust assessment of 4 observed badge claim(s): Organic: Limited Public Support; Vegan: Limited Public Support; 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:** “FREE FROM: COLOURINGS, GLUTEN, GM & PRESERVATIVES”
- **Safe citation wording:** The product page displays a gluten-free claim, and under UK rules (retained Regulation (EU) No 828/2014) such a claim is voluntary and requires no third-party certificate, provided the product meets the legal limit of no more than 20 mg of gluten per kg. No independent product-level testing or certification for this specific product was retrieved from the sources checked, including the GFCO and Coeliac UK public pages, and the brand's general gluten-free information does not reference this product. This describes the public evidence found and not found; it is not a verification of the claim.
- **Re-verification due:** 2026-11-27
- **Limitation:** Not TilliT verified; assessment uses public sources only.
- **Limitation:** Evidence plan executed: 7 checks.
- **Limitation:** Self-review note: No check of Coeliac UK's own site (the primary UK gluten-free certifier/registry) has been attempted for this UK brand, which is the most relevant independent registry for a UK 'gluten-free' claim.

### Organic

- **Status:** Limited Public Support (`public_corroboration_weak`)
- **Evidence strength:** 9/100
- **Claim observed on the page:** “to be enabled for some features to work correctly. Organic Dark Chocolate Advent Calendar 2026”
- **Safe citation wording:** The product page displays a Organic claim with limited public support. Specifically, the brand has publicly stated related credibility information. Public evidence found is brand-level, company-level, product-level. Batch-specific public evidence was not retrieved in this assessment. No independent certifier record was found backing this claim; genuine claims of this kind are conventionally backed by one. 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:** 2026-11-27
- **Limitation:** Not TilliT verified; assessment uses public sources only.
- **Limitation:** Evidence plan executed: 7 checks.
- **Limitation:** Self-review note: The brand's own help/about article explicitly names the Soil Association as one of its certifications, yet no direct check of the Soil Association's own certified-operator database for this brand has been attempted — the single most relevant certifier registry for a UK chocolate maker claiming organ

### Vegan

- **Status:** Limited Public Support (`public_corroboration_weak`)
- **Evidence strength:** 9/100
- **Claim observed on the page:** “GLUTEN, GM & PRESERVATIVES • NO PALM OIL. EVER • SUITABLE FOR VEGANS. Allergens For allergens, please see the ingredients”
- **Safe citation wording:** The product page displays a "SUITABLE FOR VEGANS" statement, and the available ingredient statement was reviewed without finding anything that contradicts it. This is not a statement that the product is third-party certified, and no batch-specific public evidence or Vegan Action (vegan.org) listing for Montezuma's Chocolate was retrieved. In the UK, a vegan claim can be self-declared without a required third-party certificate.
- **Re-verification due:** 2026-11-27
- **Limitation:** Not TilliT verified; assessment uses public sources only.
- **Limitation:** Evidence plan executed: 6 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 Non-GMO claim with limited public support. Specifically, the brand has publicly stated related credibility information. Public evidence found is brand-level, company-level, product-level. Batch-specific public evidence was not retrieved in this assessment. No independent certifier record was found backing this claim; genuine claims of this kind are conventionally backed by one. 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:** 2026-11-27
- **Limitation:** Not TilliT verified; assessment uses public sources only.
- **Limitation:** Evidence plan executed: 6 checks.

## Not claimed on this page

Allergen-Free, Fair Trade.

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_Generated 2026-10-29T02:36:23+00:00 from assessment pta_8f52317a94284734b53ce75af03abdc8._