# Alter Eco Foods Mint Blackout — TilliT proof check

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## Product

- **Brand:** Alter Eco Foods
- **Product:** Mint Blackout
- **GTIN:** 817670011683
- **Sold at:** alterecofoods.com
- **Product page:** https://www.alterecofoods.com/products/superdark-crisp-mint
- **Assessment ID:** pta_cb52e51b56964107bbf8634b59fa8984
- **Assessed:** 2026-10-14
- **Last reviewed:** n/a
- **Review mode:** Check complete · human review pending
- **Methodology version:** 2026.09.1
- **Canonical page:** https://tillit.world/p/pta_cb52e51b56964107bbf8634b59fa8984

## Overall (safe to quote)

Mint Blackout by Alter Eco Foods — public trust assessment of 5 observed badge claim(s): Organic: Certification Match Found; Vegan: Limited Public Support; Non-GMO: Limited Public Support; Gluten-Free: Certification Match Found; 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

### Gluten-Free

- **Status:** Certification Match Found (`public_certification_match_found`)
- **Evidence strength:** 76/100
- **Claim observed on the page:** “Product tag: "Gluten-Free"”
- **Certifier named:** Gluten-Free Food Program (GFFP)
- **Safe citation wording:** The product page displays a "Gluten-Free" tag, and a Gluten-Free Food Program (GFFP) directory record lists "Mint Blackout 90%" as certified, which is an exact name match for this product. A search of the GFCO certified products page did not retrieve a match for "Alter Eco Foods," and the brand's "About Us" page does not mention this product or make a gluten-free claim. This public evidence is product-level and does not confirm the specific batch or package in hand, which would require the seller's own certificates or documents.
- **Re-verification due:** 2026-12-10
- **Limitation:** Not TilliT verified; assessment uses public sources only.
- **Limitation:** Evidence plan executed: 7 checks.
- **Limitation:** Generic certifier-directory search skipped: a structured Gluten-Free Food Program (GFFP) match already resolved this badge with higher confidence than a text-directory probe could add.

### Organic

- **Status:** Certification Match Found (`public_certification_match_found`)
- **Evidence strength:** 76/100
- **Claim observed on the page:** “the details: expert Swiss chocolatiers, the finest organic ingredients, and a rainforest that stays a little”
- **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, ingredient-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:** 2026-12-05
- **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 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:** 25/100
- **Claim observed on the page:** “Product tag: "Vegan"”
- **Safe citation wording:** The product page displays a Vegan claim, and one independent organisation published evidence relevant to this claim that is specific to this exact product. Public evidence found is at brand, company, and product level, while batch-specific public evidence was not retrieved in this assessment. The ingredient list includes sugar, which may warrant further verification for a Vegan claim, and this claim can legally be self-declared in the US with no required independent testing.
- **Re-verification due:** 2026-11-13
- **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:** 25/100
- **Claim observed on the page:** “Mint Blackout a set of icons: organic, non-g.m.o.'s, no gluten ingredients, no soy ingredients, no”
- **Safe citation wording:** The product page displays a non-GMO claim, and public evidence found is brand-level, company-level, and product-level, with one independent organisation publishing evidence relevant to this claim specific to this exact product. Batch-specific public evidence and any independent certifier record backing this claim were not retrieved in this assessment. Because none of the listed ingredients are among crop types or inputs with a commercially available genetically modified counterpart in the US, this claim may not be a meaningful distinction for this specific product.
- **Re-verification due:** 2026-11-13
- **Limitation:** Not TilliT verified; assessment uses public sources only.
- **Limitation:** Evidence plan executed: 6 checks.
- **Limitation:** This product's organic certification is independently confirmed, and USDA / EU / Canada organic rules prohibit GMOs — so the organic certification already rules out GMO ingredients, even though a separate Non-GMO Project record was not found.

### Fair Trade

- **Status:** Limited Public Support (`public_corroboration_weak`)
- **Evidence strength:** 55/100
- **Claim observed on the page:** “no additives, no artificial sweeteners, vegan, fair trade, recyclable packaging Mint Blackout 90% cacao Chocolate”
- **Certifier named:** Fair for Life (Ecocert)
- **Safe citation wording:** The product page displays a fair-trade claim, and a certifier directory lists the company behind the brand as a certified partner at the company level, not for this specific product. Public evidence retrieved is brand- and company-level, and batch-specific or product-specific public evidence was not retrieved in this assessment. This wording states only what the cited sources support and does not confirm the claim for this exact product.
- **Re-verification due:** 2027-10-11
- **Limitation:** Not TilliT verified; assessment uses public sources only.
- **Limitation:** Evidence plan executed: 7 checks.
- **Limitation:** Generic certifier-directory search skipped: a structured Fair for Life (Ecocert) match already resolved this badge with higher confidence than a text-directory probe could add.

## Not claimed on this page

Allergen-Free.

## Machine-readable versions

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_Generated 2026-10-14T09:42:57+00:00 from assessment pta_cb52e51b56964107bbf8634b59fa8984._