# 88 Acres Dark Chocolate Sea Salt Seed + Oat Bars (9 Bars) — TilliT proof check

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## Product

- **Brand:** 88 Acres
- **Product:** Dark Chocolate Sea Salt Seed + Oat Bars (9 Bars)
- **GTIN:** 857851005049
- **Sold at:** 88acres.com
- **Product page:** https://88acres.com/products/dark-chocolate-sea-salt-seed-bars
- **Assessment ID:** pta_ff58cbe0c136493abaa64592f274c5b9
- **Assessed:** 2026-11-01
- **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_ff58cbe0c136493abaa64592f274c5b9

## Overall (safe to quote)

Dark Chocolate Sea Salt Seed + Oat Bars (9 Bars) by 88 Acres — public trust assessment of 5 observed badge claim(s): Organic: Limited Public Support; Vegan: Certification Match Found; Non-GMO: Limited Public Support; Gluten-Free: Partially Supported by Public Evidence; 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:** Preliminary — a person is still reviewing this (`preliminary`)
- **Claim observed on the page:** “Made in our dedicated top 9 allergen-free bakery. Certified gluten-free, vegan, non-GMO and kosher. (per serving”
- **Certifier named:** GFCO
- **Safe citation wording:** Preliminary — awaiting TilliT review: Public evidence supports that 88 Acres presents this product as gluten-free: the product page displays a gluten-free claim and a named certification mark, and the brand states its products are certified gluten-free and made in a dedicated top 9 allergen-free bakery. The certification listing found covers the brand rather than this specific product, and no batch-specific public evidence or independent product-level testing was retrieved in the sources checked. Under FDA's gluten-free labeling rule (21 CFR 101.91) the claim is voluntary and does not require third-party certification, so for medical use rely on the current package and your clinician's guidance.
- **Re-verification due:** 2026-11-27
- **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:** The GFCO product list names "Dark Chocolate Sea Salt Seed Bars, 9 ct", which is the product family, not specifically "Dark Chocolate Sea Salt Seed + Oat Bars (9 Bars)"; no exact-item upgrade was made.
- **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:** “bar 0 0 artificial ingredients Top 9 Top 9 allergen free 25% 25% daily value of magnesium 12% 12% daily value”
- **Safe citation wording:** Preliminary — awaiting TilliT review: The product page displays a Allergen-Free claim with limited public support. Specifically, 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. Note: the ingredient list includes oat, 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. This claim is scoped to US allergen regulation — this covers the US 9 only; it does not address celery, mustard, lupin, molluscs or sulfites, which the EU and FSANZ separately regulate.
- **Re-verification due:** 2026-11-26
- **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:** 46/100
- **Claim observed on the page:** “and kosher, and our seed butters are also certified organic. Shipping & returns Where does 88 Acres ship to? 88”
- **Certifier named:** Baystate Organic Certifiers (via USDA Organic Integrity Database)
- **Safe citation wording:** The product page displays an organic claim and a recognized certification mark, and the brand states that its seed butters are certified organic; this does not establish that the Dark Chocolate Sea Salt Seed + Oat Bars are certified organic. The USDA Organic Integrity Database lists 88 Acres Foods Inc as certified by Baystate Organic Certifiers, but that listing is company-level and was not confirmed for this exact product. Batch-specific public evidence was not retrieved in this assessment.
- **Re-verification due:** 2026-11-29
- **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:** Certification Match Found (`public_certification_match_found`)
- **Evidence strength:** 79/100
- **Claim observed on the page:** “it’s top 9 allergen-free, plant-based, and perfect anytime from morning fuel to midday boost”
- **Certifier named:** Vegan Action
- **Safe citation wording:** The product page displays a Vegan claim and a public certification record from Vegan Action 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. Note: the product page did not use the word "Vegan" itself — this assessment was triggered by a related but distinct term (e.g. "plant-based"), not an explicit Vegan claim. 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. Vegan Action's standard: Explicitly allows trace cross-contamination where shared-equipment cleaning steps are followed, to avoid excluding otherwise animal-free products.
- **Re-verification due:** 2026-12-25
- **Limitation:** Generic certifier-directory search skipped: a structured Vegan Action 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: 6 checks.

### Non-GMO

- **Status:** Limited Public Support (`public_corroboration_weak`)
- **Evidence strength:** 10/100
- **Claim observed on the page:** “Certified gluten-free, vegan, non-GMO and kosher. (per serving) Serving”
- **Safe citation wording:** The product page displays a Non-GMO claim with limited public support. Public evidence found is brand-level, company-level, product-level. Batch-specific public evidence was not retrieved in this assessment. Separately, the ingredient list includes flax, oat, 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. Non-GMO is accurate for this product, but none of its listed ingredients (e.g. corn, soy, canola, sugar beet, alfalfa, papaya, eggplant, pineapple, zucchini, potato, or animal-derived inputs such as meat, dairy, or egg) are among the crop types or inputs with a commercially available genetically modified/GMO-fed counterpart (TilliT uses the US list, which approves more such crops than most markets) — so this claim may not be a meaningful distinction for this specific product.
- **Re-verification due:** 2026-11-23
- **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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