Not discriminating

Is this coffee vegan and gluten-free?

ALS-COFFEE-1.1-DIET-001

This question is executable, but nearly every page answers it the same way — so the answer carries almost no information, and it is published rather than run.

Assertion

dietary_suitability_claim_stated is_stated true

Applicability

applies when
the product is unflavoured roasted coffee with no added ingredients
signal
undecidable_from_public_data without an ingredient declaration

Accepted evidence

  • product_description — an explicit dietary suitability statement in readable text

Explicitly insufficient evidence

What does not count, and why. Published because the omission is where a check quietly becomes a claim.

  • the absence of an ingredients list
    Unflavoured coffee is a single-ingredient food, so nothing is expected there and absence is not evidence either way.
  • "natural" or "clean" as a dietary signal
    Neither term has a dietary meaning, and neither excludes a flavour carrier that may contain a milk derivative.
  • a facility statement such as "processed in a facility that also handles nuts"
    A facility statement is voluntary precautionary wording rather than a declaration about this product.

Conflict rules

  • When the product is flavoured and a dietary claim is made — then the ingredient and allergen entries govern; this entry does not apply and must not be read as covering it

Discrimination

Predicted fail rate: 80-97% (predicted, not yet measured)

Plain roasted coffee is inherently both vegan and gluten-free, so almost no seller states it and the statement would carry no information if they did. This is the same vacuity an independent pass identified for kosher and non-GMO claims on unflavoured coffee, where a certifying body's own guidance says plain beans need no certification at all. Scoring a null as a trust signal is the failure this tier exists to prevent.

For a shopper

Unflavoured roasted coffee contains only coffee, so it is vegan and gluten-free without anyone needing to say so. These questions become real for flavoured coffee, instant mixes and anything containing a creamer, where a flavour system can carry a milk derivative.

For a merchant

No statement is needed for plain coffee. For flavoured coffee, publish the full ingredient declaration and emphasise any allergen, which is a legal requirement rather than a marketing choice.

Grounding

  • Star-K Kosher Certification, Knowing Your Beans: The Kashrus of Coffee (certification_body)
    that plain roasted coffee beans are inherently acceptable and need no certification because water is the only substance they contact, while all flavoured coffees do need it — a certifier stating that its own mark is uninformative on the plain product
  • Non-GMO Project verification FAQ (certification_body)
    that verification targets ingredients derived from high-risk crops, with corn and soy as the named examples, and that coffee does not appear among them, so the mark is close to non-differentiating on single-ingredient coffee