EU Regulation 1169/2011, Annex VI Part A(legal_instrument) that the physical state or treatment of a food must form part of the name of the food where its omission could mislead, which is the legal basis for treating ground versus whole bean as a required disclosure rather than a preference
National Coffee Association, storage and shelf life guidance(trade_body) that whole beans keep materially longer than ground coffee at room temperature because less surface area is exposed to oxygen, which is why the delivered state is a purchase-relevant fact and not a detail
National Coffee Association, storage and shelf life guidance(trade_body) that ground coffee holds one to two weeks at room temperature against one to three weeks for whole beans, so the delivered state changes the useful life of the purchase
EU Regulation 1169/2011, Annex VI Part A(legal_instrument) that the physical state or treatment of a food forms part of the name of the food where omitting it could mislead, and the name of the food is a pre-purchase particular in distance selling under Article 14(1)(a)
Specialty Coffee Association, coffee standards index(trade_body) that the trade's published standards cover sensory assessment, grinders and brewers but define no retail grind vocabulary, so a grind term on a bag resolves against no external definition
Specialty Coffee Association, coffee standards index(trade_body) that no published trade standard defines retail grind designations, so a filter grind claim is checkable only as a stated designation and never as a measured particle size
EU Regulation 1169/2011, Article 9(1)(e) and Article 14(1)(a)(legal_instrument) that net quantity is a mandatory particular and that in distance selling every mandatory particular except the durability date must be available before the purchase is concluded, which makes net quantity a pre-purchase page duty in the EU specifically
US FDA, 21 CFR 101.7 net quantity of contents(regulator) that the US declaration duty attaches to the principal display panel of a food in package form and says nothing about internet listings, so US net-quantity law is a package rule and not a page rule
US National Organic Program, 7 CFR 205.303(legal_instrument) that where a packaged product is labelled organic the certifying agent's name must appear on the information panel, which is why a named agent rather than a seal is the evidence a reader needs
USDA Agricultural Marketing Service, published organic enforcement settlements(regulator) that organic misrepresentation is a real and enforced failure mode in coffee specifically, including a roaster that settled for a fifteen-thousand-dollar civil penalty for representing products as organic without certification
CCOF, guidance on using the Organic INTEGRITY Database(certification_body) that the register is described by a certifying agent authorised under the national organic programme as the official place to check whether an operation is certified, which is the intended verification route rather than the agent's own word
Fairtrade International, traceability in Fairtrade supply chains(certification_body) that all Fairtrade coffee is fully physically traceable while cocoa, tea, sugar and juices may use mass balance, and that certified producers and traders are distinct from licensees who put the mark on a consumer pack
FLOCERT Fairtrade Customer Search(certification_body) that a free public search of certified organisations exists and is browsable by status, product, country and function, confirmed live by an independent verification pass
Fair Trade USA Partner Portal search(certification_body) that the authoritative status lookup for the other main scheme renders a login screen, confirmed by direct fetch, so a claim under it cannot be resolved by any outside reader or automated check
Google Merchant Center product data specification(retailer_help_centre) that the dominant product-feed specification treats a global trade item number as the field that identifies a product to an automated consumer, which is what makes its absence a machine-buying defect rather than a cosmetic one
GS1 general specifications overview(trade_body) that a global trade item number is allocated under a defined numbering system with a computed check digit, which is the basis for validating a published value rather than accepting any digit string
EU Consumer Rights Directive 2011/83/EU, Article 6(1)(legal_instrument) that for a distance contract the trader must give the time by which it undertakes to deliver the goods before the consumer is bound, which is a genuine pre-contract web-page duty rather than a package-labelling rule
US FTC Mail, Internet, or Telephone Order Merchandise Rule, 16 CFR 435.2(regulator) that a seller must have a reasonable basis for a stated shipment time and must ship within thirty days where no time is stated, which makes the stated window a regulated representation in advertising rather than an optional courtesy
Internal measurement recorded in src/server/productTest.ts(internal_measurement) that this requirement failed for about seventy-one per cent of stores in the engine's own production sample, which is the only measured discrimination figure available to anchor a prediction in this standard
EU Directive 98/6/EC on the indication of prices(legal_instrument) that the selling price and, for products sold by mass, the unit price must both be indicated to consumers, which is why the interesting assertion in this class is the unit price rather than the price
Internal measurement recorded in src/server/productTest.ts(internal_measurement) that a price requirement failed for zero of thirteen real stores in the engine's own sample and was documented as carrying the same amount of information as one that failed for all thirteen, namely none
Google Merchant Center product data specification(retailer_help_centre) that availability is a required feed attribute with a defined enumeration including preorder and backorder, which is why the distinction between in stock and pre-order is treated as material by machine consumers
ALS-COFFEE-1.1-TERMS-001 — Can I buy a single bag without signing up for a recurring subscription?
US Restore Online Shoppers' Confidence Act, 15 USC 8403(legal_instrument) that a negative-option feature requires clear and conspicuous disclosure of all material terms before obtaining billing information, which makes default enrolment and undisclosed recurrence a regulated web-page failure rather than a design choice
Internal measurement recorded in src/server/productTest.ts(internal_measurement) that the engine's own source records this row as returning a passing state unless a hard blocker is found, so its failure count is very nearly never non-zero and it would read as a guard that never fires
Coffee Intelligence, specialty coffee trade publication(trade_press) that decaffeination happens at a small number of specialist facilities on green coffee before roasting, and that US decaf consumption rose from nine to twelve per cent of the market in a year, so demand for decaf is real while it is structurally a separate product
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
Specialty Coffee Association(trade_body) that of all the information given on a coffee label, roast level is the most important to specialty coffee consumers — while the same body concedes that traditional roast names may be too arcane or flexible to be meaningful, which is exactly the tension this assertion has to encode
Independent refuting pass, live search-intent retrieval(internal_measurement) that roast level ranks second of ten in the verified shopper-driven core, corroborated across the mainstream trade association and independent consumer studies rather than resting on specialty education material
Independent refuting pass, live search-intent retrieval(internal_measurement) that grind-to-brewer match is the strongest verified shopper signal in the corpus, with five of the top ten completions for coffee grind being brewer-specific and a grind size chart ranking first
Specialty Coffee Association, coffee standards index(trade_body) that published trade standards cover grinders and brewers but define no retail grind designation vocabulary, so a grind word on a bag resolves against no external definition
Consumer Reports(consumer_guide) that there are no labelling rules requiring disclosure of how coffee was decaffeinated, and that consumers are advised to ask the supplier directly — advice written only because the demand exists and the label does not meet it
ALS-COFFEE-1.1-DECAF-002 — The page says chemical-free or naturally decaffeinated — what does that actually tell me?
US FTC Green Guides, 16 CFR 260.9(regulator) that it is deceptive to misrepresent that a product is free of a substance, and that a literally true free-of claim can still deceive where the named substance was never associated with the product category — which is precisely the shape of a chemical-free food claim
Consumer Reports(consumer_guide) that naturally decaffeinated does not assure the absence of a synthetic solvent, because producers use the term for ethyl acetate on the grounds that it occurs in fruit while the compound used is typically produced synthetically
National Coffee Association(trade_body) that decaffeinated coffee retains a small measurable quantity of caffeine rather than none, which is the fact that makes caffeine-free wording on a decaf page false
Independent refuting pass, live search-intent retrieval(internal_measurement) that whether decaf is really decaf, whether it is caffeine free, and whether it is safe in pregnancy are all live autocomplete completions, placing residual caffeine inside the verified shopper-driven decaf cluster
America's Test Kitchen(consumer_guide) that mainstream consumer guidance tells readers roasters only sometimes print a roasted-on date and supplies a physical bag test to infer roast age, which is evidence the datum is frequently absent
Perfect Daily Grind(trade_press) that roast date is a third-wave trade convention which the specialty trade press itself cautions against using as a sole quality signal — the source both grounds the demand and limits it
Specialty Coffee Association, coffee standards index(trade_body) the decisive negative: no published trade standard covers roasted-coffee retail labelling, roast-date declaration, shelf life or freshness, so citing the trade body for roast date is unsupported
ALS-COFFEE-1.1-DATEFORM-001 — If there is a date on this, is it worded the way the law where I live requires?
California Assembly Bill 660, statutory text(legal_instrument) an enumerated set of permitted quality and safety date phrases for food items manufactured on or after 1 July 2026, a blanket prohibition on consumer-facing sell-by wording, and an express disclaimer that the section does not require a date label — coffee is in scope
EU Regulation 1169/2011, Annex X point 1(a)(legal_instrument) the conflicting EU wording requirement of Best before with a day, or Best before end otherwise, which is not among the Californian permitted phrases
National Agricultural Law Center, University of Arkansas(academic) independent confirmation that no federal requirement mandates date labels on most foods and that including a date remains voluntary unless another law requires it
ALS-COFFEE-1.1-STORAGE-001 — How should I store this once it arrives, and should I keep it in the fridge or freezer?
EU Regulation 1169/2011, Article 9(1)(g) and Article 14(1)(a)(legal_instrument) that special storage conditions are a mandatory particular and, unlike the durability date, are NOT carved out of the pre-purchase distance-selling requirement — making storage the strongest legally-grounded hook for a coffee product page in the whole freshness class
National Coffee Association, storage and shelf life guidance(trade_body) substantive guidance to keep coffee away from air, moisture, heat and light in an opaque airtight container at room temperature, with refrigeration strongly advised against, which is what makes the refrigeration direction the decisive parameter
Independent refuting pass, live search-intent retrieval(internal_measurement) that how to store coffee beans after opening, to keep them fresh, and whether to use the fridge are all live autocomplete completions, placing storage inside the verified shopper-driven core
ALS-COFFEE-1.1-PROC-001 — How was this coffee processed after picking — washed, natural, or honey?
ISO 3509 coffee and coffee products vocabulary(trade_body) that an international vocabulary defines the washed and natural process classes, which is what makes those two checkable against an external definition while honey and wet-hulled are not defined in it at all
EU Regulation 1169/2011, Article 14(1)(a)(legal_instrument) that mandatory particulars other than the durability date must be available before the purchase is concluded, which for a multi-offer page means available for the offer actually being purchased rather than for the page in general
Independent refuting pass, live search-intent retrieval(internal_measurement) that cost transparency including net weight sits in the verified shopper-driven core, which is what makes per-offer resolution a buyer concern rather than a data-modelling nicety
ALS-COFFEE-1.1-PRICE-002 — What does this cost per kilogram, so I can compare it with another bag?
EU Regulation 1169/2011, Article 9(1)(b) and Article 14(1)(a)(legal_instrument) that the list of ingredients is a mandatory particular and must be available before the purchase is concluded in distance selling, since only the durability date is carved out — which makes this a genuine pre-purchase page duty rather than a package-only rule
EU Regulation 1169/2011, Article 9(1)(c), Article 21 and Article 14(1)(a)(legal_instrument) that substances causing allergies must be indicated in the ingredient list with emphasis distinguishing them from the other ingredients, and that this particular is available pre-purchase in distance selling because only the durability date is excluded
ALS-COFFEE-1.1-CERT-003 — Does the organic claim on this page resolve against the certifier's own public register?
CCOF, guidance on using the Organic INTEGRITY Database(certification_body) that a certifying agent authorised under the national organic programme describes the register as the official place to check whether an operation is certified, and positions checking it as ongoing supplier management and fraud prevention rather than as a shopper task
USDA Agricultural Marketing Service, organic enforcement settlements index(regulator) that the regulator maintains an ongoing published record of settlements for organic misrepresentation, which is the regulator's own evidence that absent or lapsed certification coexists with live organic labelling
Hawaii Revised Statutes chapter 486, coffee labelling provisions(legal_instrument) that Hawaii regulates the use of a Hawaii geographic origin name on coffee with a minimum content threshold and a disclosure requirement, which is what makes the percentage the checkable element rather than the name
Perfect Daily Grind(trade_press) that the trade documents its own disagreement rather than resolving it, with prime windows quoted variously as eight to twenty-one days and up to thirty, and some claiming a peak at three
ALS-COFFEE-1.1-SHELF-001 — How long will this stay good, and does that change once I open the bag?
National Coffee Association, storage and shelf life guidance(trade_body) materially shorter windows than specialty marketing implies — one to two weeks for ground and one to three for whole beans at room temperature — and that unopened packages retain freshness until the best-by date, which is a different anchor entirely
America's Test Kitchen(consumer_guide) the consumer-facing separation of quality from safety: flavour deteriorates after two to three weeks while the beans remain safe for months, which is why a safety statement cannot answer a freshness question
Shopify App Store listing for a coffee roasting-schedule application(retailer_help_centre) that roast-to-order fulfilment is a real tooled operational pattern on the platform this standard targets, with software existing to turn incoming orders into roasting schedules — so the claim describes a genuine workflow rather than only a marketing posture
Smrke and others, Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry(academic) that the degassing rate of ground coffee depends strongly on grind size and roast temperature and less on roast degree, so ground is not one state and a coarse and an espresso grind of the same lot do not behave alike
Perfect Daily Grind(trade_press) the documented function of a one-way degassing valve and the precondition that defeats the claim, namely that the bag must be completely sealed for it to be effective — and separately that a tin tie is not airtight while a zipper creates a seal
ALS-COFFEE-1.1-BIRD-001 — Is this coffee shade grown, and is that the same as bird friendly?
National Audubon Society, how to choose a bird-friendly coffee(consumer_guide) that consumer guidance directs shoppers to look for specific seals and to visit the certifier's website to find where to buy, which is demonstrable shopper-side use of a certification as a purchase key
Coffee & Conservation, guide to coffee certifications(consumer_guide) that the main alternative scheme has no shade-management criteria and does not require shade cover for years, so certified coffee under it may not be shade grown — the substitution a shopper is most likely to make
Smithsonian's National Zoo, guidance for importers, roasters and distributors(certification_body) that farms hold the certification while importers and roasters obtain seal-use rights by legal agreement with periodic volume reporting, which is why a certified farm does not authorise a roaster's on-pack seal
World Coffee Research varieties catalogue(trade_body) that a public reference catalogue of coffee varieties exists with agronomic descriptions, and — by containing no product, brand or lot lookup — that it cannot authenticate a retail claim
ALS-COFFEE-1.1-CUP-001 — Is there a cupping score, and does it come with enough detail to mean anything?
Specialty Coffee Association, coffee standards index(trade_body) that the published trade standards cover sensory assessment protocols and evaluator competencies, which is what makes protocol, evaluator and sample mass the elements a stated score needs in order to be interpretable
ALS-COFFEE-1.1-RETURN-001 — If I do not like the coffee, can I send it back after I have opened the bag?
EU Consumer Rights Directive 2011/83/EU, Articles 6, 16(d) and 16(e)(legal_instrument) that the trader must inform the consumer of the cancellation right before the contract, and that the exceptions relied on for food cover goods liable to deteriorate rapidly and goods sealed for health protection whose seal has been broken — neither of which plainly reaches sealed shelf-stable roasted coffee
US Restore Online Shoppers' Confidence Act, 15 USC 8403(legal_instrument) that a negative-option seller must provide simple mechanisms to stop recurring charges and must disclose material terms before obtaining billing information, which makes the cancellation mechanism a regulated web-page element
ALS-COFFEE-1.1-DUTY-001 — If this ships to my country, who pays the customs duty and import tax?
Baymard Institute checkout usability research(academic) that unexpected costs added at or after checkout are among the leading measured causes of cart abandonment, which is the documented consequence of leaving duty incidence unstated