# Equal Exchange Organic Guatemalan French Roast Coffee, 5lb whole bean — TilliT proof check

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## Product

- **Brand:** Equal Exchange
- **Product:** Organic Guatemalan French Roast Coffee, 5lb whole bean
- **GTIN:** 745998402022
- **Sold at:** shop.equalexchange.coop
- **Product page:** https://shop.equalexchange.coop/collections/coffee/products/organic-guatemalan-french-roast-coffee-5lb
- **Assessment ID:** pta_f853d4567ca841ce9af55f4839b23404
- **Assessed:** 2026-10-17
- **Last reviewed:** n/a
- **Review mode:** Check complete · human review pending
- **Methodology version:** 2026.10.2
- **Canonical page:** https://tillit.world/p/pta_f853d4567ca841ce9af55f4839b23404

## Overall (safe to quote)

Organic Guatemalan French Roast Coffee, 5lb whole bean by Equal Exchange — public trust assessment of 1 observed badge claim(s): Organic: Limited Public Support. These statuses reflect publicly available evidence only, not a review of the seller's own certificates or documents.

## Claims checked

### Organic

- **Status:** Limited Public Support (`public_corroboration_weak`)
- **Evidence strength:** 51/100
- **Claim observed on the page:** “Show slide 1 Show slide 2 Organic Guatemalan French Roast Coffee, 5lb whole bean French”
- **Certifier named:** Oregon Tilth Certified Organic (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, product-level. 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:** 2026-12-08
- **Limitation:** No structured ingredient list was available for this product; the risk-ingredient scan could not run. Absence of risk-ingredient flags does not confirm compliance.
- **Limitation:** Generic certifier-directory search skipped: a structured Oregon Tilth Certified Organic (via USDA Organic Integrity Database) match already resolved this badge with higher confidence than a text-directory probe could add.
- **Limitation:** The Oregon Tilth Certified Organic (via USDA Organic Integrity Database) product list names "Guatemalan French Roast", which is the product family, not specifically "Organic Guatemalan French Roast Coffee, 5lb whole bean"; no exact-item upgrade was made.
- **Limitation:** Not TilliT verified; assessment uses public sources only.

## Not claimed on this page

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

## Machine-readable versions

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_Generated 2026-10-17T08:45:15+00:00 from assessment pta_f853d4567ca841ce9af55f4839b23404._