# Taza Chocolate Wicked Dark Chocolate Covered Almonds — TilliT proof check

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## Product

- **Brand:** Taza Chocolate
- **Product:** Wicked Dark Chocolate Covered Almonds
- **GTIN:** 850033354027
- **Sold at:** tazachocolate.com
- **Product page:** https://tazachocolate.com/products/wicked-dark-chocolate-covered-almonds
- **Assessment ID:** pta_b5b57e5f964c418295e52707933badfa
- **Assessed:** 2026-11-02
- **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_b5b57e5f964c418295e52707933badfa

## Overall (safe to quote)

Wicked Dark Chocolate Covered Almonds by Taza Chocolate — public trust assessment of 5 observed badge claim(s): Organic: Limited Public Support; Vegan: Limited Public Support; Non-GMO: Limited Public Support; Gluten-Free: Certification Match Found; Allergen-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:** Certification Match Found (`public_certification_match_found`)
- **Evidence strength:** 86/100
- **Claim observed on the page:** “Crunchy, keto-friendly, vegan, dairy-free, and gluten-free”
- **Certifier named:** GFCO
- **Safe citation wording:** The product page displays a Gluten-Free claim and a public certification record from GFCO 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 the product page displays a recognized certification mark. Public evidence found is brand-level, company-level, facility-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. GFCO's standard: Stricter than the FDA's own <20 ppm labeling rule.
- **Re-verification due:** 2026-11-28
- **Limitation:** Generic certifier-directory search skipped: a structured GFCO 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.

### Allergen-Free

- **Status:** Preliminary — a person is still reviewing this (`preliminary`)
- **Claim observed on the page:** “Claims free of: dairy free”
- **Safe citation wording:** Preliminary — awaiting TilliT review: Claim supported. This kind of Allergen-Free 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 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 Allergen-Free. Specifically, the brand has publicly stated related credibility information. Batch-specific public evidence was not retrieved in this assessment. Note: the ingredient list includes tree nut, almond, sesame, may contain, which may warrant further verification for a Allergen-Free claim. This claim can legally be self-declared in the US, with no required independent testing. The precautionary allergen language on this product page states no quantitative basis — in the US, this kind of wording is voluntary, with no required threshold or testing behind it.
- **Re-verification due:** 2026-11-26
- **Limitation:** This is a claim about specific allergens (dairy-free), not a blanket allergen-free claim — it says nothing about allergens it does not name.
- **Limitation:** Not TilliT verified; assessment uses public sources only.
- **Limitation:** Evidence plan executed: 8 checks.

### Organic

- **Status:** Limited Public Support (`public_corroboration_weak`)
- **Evidence strength:** 51/100
- **Claim observed on the page:** “with less sugar? You found it. Whole roasted organic almonds, coated in our 87% stone ground dark chocolate”
- **Certifier named:** Baystate Organic Certifiers (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 brand-level, company-level, ingredient-level. Product-specific and 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. 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:** 2026-11-29
- **Limitation:** This claim's own wording scopes it to a specific ingredient, not the whole product — organic / fair-trade certification can apply to one ingredient without the finished product itself being certified, and the page shows no whole-product certification (no seal, no "certified organic" statement).
- **Limitation:** Generic certifier-directory search skipped: a structured Baystate Organic Certifiers (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:** 13/100
- **Claim observed on the page:** “of sugar per serving. Crunchy, keto-friendly, vegan, dairy-free, and gluten-free”
- **Safe citation wording:** The product page displays a vegan claim, and the brand's FAQ states its chocolate products contain no dairy, casein, whey, soy, or eggs and are made on non-shared equipment, though that FAQ does not name this specific product. Batch-specific public evidence and a Vegan Action listing for Taza Chocolate were not retrieved, and the ingredient list includes sugar, which may warrant further verification. This reflects only what the cited public sources state and is not a verification or certification of the claim.
- **Re-verification due:** 2026-11-26
- **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:** 12/100
- **Claim observed on the page:** “is certified USDA Organic, Direct Trade Certified, Non-GMO, Certified Gluten Free, and Kosher Pareve. It is also”
- **Safe citation wording:** The product page publicly displays a Non-GMO claim, and the brand has publicly described related sourcing and certification information, though the retrieved evidence is brand- and company-level rather than batch-specific. No independent certifier record specific to this product was retrieved in this assessment, and no batch-level public evidence was found. Publicly available information does not establish that this claim reflects a meaningful distinction for this product's listed ingredients.
- **Re-verification due:** 2026-11-24
- **Limitation:** Not TilliT verified; assessment uses public sources only.
- **Limitation:** Evidence plan executed: 6 checks.

## Not claimed on this page

Fair Trade.

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_Generated 2026-11-02T06:27:32+00:00 from assessment pta_b5b57e5f964c418295e52707933badfa._