# Smith Teamaker Golden Light — 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:** Smith Teamaker
- **Product:** Golden Light
- **GTIN:** 850008925337
- **Sold at:** smithtea.com
- **Product page:** https://smithtea.com/products/golden-light
- **Assessment ID:** pta_ce8b35d8d94d48fda63635f7adc156f2
- **Assessed:** 2026-11-02
- **Last reviewed:** n/a
- **Review mode:** Check complete · human review pending
- **Methodology version:** 2026.10.4
- **Canonical page:** https://tillit.world/p/pta_ce8b35d8d94d48fda63635f7adc156f2

## Overall (safe to quote)

Golden Light by Smith Teamaker — public trust assessment of 2 observed badge claim(s): Organic: Certification Match Found; 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:** 16/100
- **Claim observed on the page:** “When Available Plant Based Sachet Zero Microplastics Gluten Free Details Preparation Ingredients The gold standard”
- **Safe citation wording:** The product page displays a gluten-free claim, and the sources checked did not include independent product-level testing or a certifier listing for this brand, so public evidence does not independently confirm the claim. FDA's gluten-free labeling rule (21 CFR 101.91) sets a less-than-20-ppm gluten definition and does not require third-party certification, and a single-ingredient inherently gluten-free food may carry the claim based on the ingredient itself, with cross-contact during growing, handling, or milling as the residual risk. Batch-specific public evidence was not retrieved in this assessment, and for medical use rely on the current package and your clinician's guidance.
- **Re-verification due:** 2026-12-02
- **Limitation:** Not TilliT verified; assessment uses public sources only.
- **Limitation:** Evidence plan executed: 7 checks.
- **Limitation:** Self-review note: Only GFCO's registry was checked; no other major gluten-free certifier registries (e.g. CSA, NCA, GIG, NSF, SCS, Coeliac UK) were searched for 'Smith Teamaker', leaving the certifier-match question only partially explored.

### Organic

- **Status:** Certification Match Found (`public_certification_match_found`)
- **Evidence strength:** 75/100
- **Claim observed on the page:** “Product tag: "ingredients-organic black peppercorns"”
- **Certifier named:** CCOF Certification Services, LLC (via USDA Organic Integrity Database)
- **Safe citation wording:** The product page displays a Organic claim and a public certification record from CCOF Certification Services, LLC (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, 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.
- **Re-verification due:** 2026-11-29
- **Limitation:** Generic certifier-directory search skipped: a structured CCOF Certification Services, LLC (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.

## Not claimed on this page

Allergen-Free, Vegan, Non-GMO, Fair Trade.

## Machine-readable versions

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## 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.

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_Generated 2026-11-02T06:28:52+00:00 from assessment pta_ce8b35d8d94d48fda63635f7adc156f2._