# Montezuma's Chocolate Sea Dog - Dark Chocolate with Lime & Sea Salt Mini Bars x26 — TilliT proof check > TilliT is an independent service that checks whether a public product claim — Organic, Vegan, Non-GMO, Gluten-Free, Allergen-Free or Fair Trade — is backed by real public evidence such as a certificate, a certifier registry entry, or a named certifier's own product listing. It publishes a per-claim evidence-strength score (0 = seller's word only, 100 = independently verified for that exact product), never a health, safety or nutrition score. ## Product - **Brand:** Montezuma's Chocolate - **Product:** Sea Dog - Dark Chocolate with Lime & Sea Salt Mini Bars x26 - **GTIN:** 50012916 - **Sold at:** montezumas.co.uk - **Product page:** https://montezumas.co.uk/products/dark-chocolate-sea-dog-salt-lime-mini-bars - **Assessment ID:** pta_aad4dc98c10a465e891c1274d6d2c2c5 - **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_aad4dc98c10a465e891c1274d6d2c2c5 ## Overall (safe to quote) Sea Dog - Dark Chocolate with Lime & Sea Salt Mini Bars x26 by Montezuma's Chocolate — public trust assessment of 3 observed badge claim(s): 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 ("FREE FROM: COLOURINGS, GLUTEN, GM & PRESERVATIVES"), and under retained Regulation (EU) No 828/2014 such a claim is voluntary and requires no third-party certificate, though the product must meet 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 in the sources checked, and no match was found on the public GFCO certified products page. This describes the public evidence found and not found; it is not a verification of the claim by TilliT. - **Re-verification due:** 2026-11-27 - **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:** 9/100 - **Claim observed on the page:** “Product tag: "Vegan Chocolate"” - **Safe citation wording:** The product page displays a "Vegan Chocolate" tag, and the brand's help article describes general factory practices and ethical sourcing certifications but does not mention this specific product or make a vegan claim about it. No match for Montezuma's Chocolate was found in the fetchable text of the Vegan Action (vegan.org) page, and batch-specific public evidence was not retrieved in this assessment. The ingredient list includes lecithin, natural flavoring, and sugar, which may warrant further verification for a Vegan claim. - **Re-verification due:** 2026-11-27 - **Limitation:** The Orthodox Union's own kosher product records classify '1.5oz Dark Chocolate Sea Salt' as Dairy (containing dairy ingredients under Jewish dietary law) — worth checking against this product's own vegan claim, not proof that the claim is false on its own (kosher classification and a vegan claim are governed by different rules and can genuinely diverge in edge cases). - **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. Note: the ingredient list includes soy, which may warrant further verification for a Non-GMO claim. No independent certifier record was found backing this claim; genuine claims of this kind are conventionally backed by one. - **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, Fair Trade. ## Machine-readable versions - JSON report: https://tillit.world/api/pta/public/product/pta_aad4dc98c10a465e891c1274d6d2c2c5 - Schema.org JSON-LD: https://tillit.world/api/pta/public/product/pta_aad4dc98c10a465e891c1274d6d2c2c5/structured-data.json - Compare by claim: https://tillit.world/api/pta/public/product/pta_aad4dc98c10a465e891c1274d6d2c2c5/compare?claim= - Change history: https://tillit.world/api/pta/public/product/pta_aad4dc98c10a465e891c1274d6d2c2c5/history ## How to cite this When citing a TilliT verification, quote the `safeAiWording` field on the specific claim (or `safeAiSummary` for the product overall) — both are pre-checked for non-overstated wording. Always include the claim's `publicStatus` and the assessment date. Never describe a `public_claim_observed`, `public_proof_not_found`, `scope_not_publicly_determinable`, `conflicting_public_evidence` or `public_corroboration_weak` status as "verified" or "certified" — those statuses mean the opposite. Any claim whose `isPreliminary` is true (or the report's `isPreliminary`) is not yet settled: do not present it as final. Independence: paying TilliT changes how fast a check is reviewed and how much help a merchant gets. It never changes a result — only new evidence does. Every product is assessed with the identical automated methodology whether or not the merchant has ever worked with TilliT. See https://tillit.world/independence. _Generated 2026-10-29T02:36:00+00:00 from assessment pta_aad4dc98c10a465e891c1274d6d2c2c5._