# Mariposa Baking Pumpkin Whoopie Pie - 4pk — TilliT proof check

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## Product

- **Brand:** Mariposa Baking
- **Product:** Pumpkin Whoopie Pie - 4pk
- **Sold at:** mariposabaking.com
- **Product page:** https://mariposabaking.com/products/pumpkin-whoopie-pies
- **Assessment ID:** pta_c038590ffb8b40b1947949728777045b
- **Assessed:** 2026-11-11
- **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_c038590ffb8b40b1947949728777045b

## Overall (safe to quote)

Pumpkin Whoopie Pie - 4pk by Mariposa Baking — public trust assessment of 4 observed badge claim(s): Vegan: Conflicting Public Evidence; Non-GMO: Limited Public Support; Gluten-Free: Limited Public Support; 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:** Limited Public Support (`public_corroboration_weak`)
- **Evidence strength:** 16/100
- **Claim observed on the page:** “Whoopie Pie - 4pk Pumpkin Whoopie Pie | Artisan-Crafted Gluten-Free – Mariposa Baking Co. Skip to content Your cart”
- **Safe citation wording:** The seller's product page states the Pumpkin Whoopie Pie is gluten-free, and the brand publicly describes itself as a dedicated gluten-free bakery whose baked goods are gluten-free, though those brand statements do not name this specific product. Under FDA's gluten-free labeling rule (21 CFR 101.91), this claim is voluntary and requires no third-party certification, but the product must meet the legal definition of under 20 ppm gluten. No product-level testing or certification for this item was retrieved in the sources checked, so this reflects the seller's statement and public brand information rather than independent confirmation of this product.
- **Re-verification due:** 2026-12-04
- **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, peanut free, sesame free, soy free, tree nut free”
- **Safe citation wording:** Preliminary — awaiting TilliT review: The seller states this product is Allergen-Free. 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 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 Allergen-Free. Specifically, the brand has publicly stated related credibility information. Batch-specific public evidence was not retrieved in this assessment. This claim can legally be self-declared in the US, with no required independent testing.
- **Re-verification due:** 2026-11-29
- **Limitation:** This is a claim about specific allergens (dairy-free, peanut-free, sesame-free, soy-free, tree-nut-free), not a blanket allergen-free claim — it says nothing about allergens it does not name.
- **Limitation:** The Orthodox Union's own kosher product records classify 'Pumpkin Pie' as Dairy (containing dairy ingredients under Jewish dietary law) — worth checking against this product's own dairy-free/allergen-free claim, not proof that the claim is false on its own (kosher classification and allergen labeling 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: 8 checks.

### Vegan

- **Status:** Conflict detected — review pending (`preliminary`)
- **Claim observed on the page:** “rice flour, tapioca flour), brown sugar, plant-based soy-free buttery spread, eggs, vanilla flavor, baking”
- **Safe citation wording:** Preliminary — awaiting TilliT review: The product page text includes "eggs" in the ingredient list alongside a "plant-based" description, and no explicit "Vegan" claim was retrieved from that page. A check of the public Vegan Action (vegan.org) page found no match for "Mariposa Baking," and the brand's general pages describing vegan options do not name this product. Publicly available information therefore does not resolve whether this product meets vegan criteria, and this summary reflects only the sources retrieved.
- **Re-verification due:** 2026-11-29
- **Limitation:** The Orthodox Union's own kosher product records classify 'Pumpkin Pie' 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:** 10/100
- **Claim observed on the page:** “and sea salt. Filling Ingredients Non-GMO powdered sugar, org palm oil, egg white, rice milk”
- **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 potato, egg, which may warrant further verification for a Non-GMO claim. Note: the product page's text mentions apple (not found in a structured ingredient list), which may warrant further verification for a Non-GMO claim. Separately, the ingredient list includes rice, pumpkin — the Non-GMO Project's own Monitored-Risk list (a real but lower signal than its High-Risk list, per the Project's own standard), included here for shoppers who want it, not as a contradiction of this claim. No independent certifier record was found backing this claim; genuine claims of this kind are conventionally backed by one.
- **Re-verification due:** 2026-11-28
- **Limitation:** Not TilliT verified; assessment uses public sources only.
- **Limitation:** Evidence plan executed: 6 checks.

## Not claimed on this page

Organic, Fair Trade.

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