Lab-grown chicken nuggets and chocolate? How Yolo County is shaping the future of food
California Cultured starts by taking biopsies from choice cacao plants. Those cells are then fed nutrients such as sugar and growth hormones. The ones that respond best are transferred to metal tanks that simulate a rainforest environment.
CGTN America features California Cultured Chocolate
CGTN’s Mark Niu introduces us to one company aiming to transform the cocoa industry by concocting the chocolate confections in a brand-new way. California Cultured is the leader of chocolate made from plant cell culture technology.
Good Day Sacramento: California Cultured Goes Live
We went live with Good Day Sacramento: This isn't an alternative to chocolate, it's the future! Cultured California makes real chocolate and coffee using plant cell culture technology.
Can a more ethical chocolate bar be grown in the lab?
California Cultured’s lab-grown chocolate looks, feels and almost tastes like the real thing.
We are comstocks’ Startup of the month
California Cultured, a sacramento-region startup making chocolate and coffee using plant cell culture, was featured as Comstock’s Magazine’s Startup of the Month.
Cell-cultured chocolate startup California Cultured turns attention to coffee
California Cultured, who makes chocolate from planet cell culture technology, has turned their attention to coffee to create a sustainable and ethical option like never before.
Sustainable Chocolate Made Without Cacao
Wall Street Journal Magazine examines companies working within the sustainable chocolate space and includes California Cultured.
Blue Horizon Invests in California Cultured and the Future of Chocolate
The move represents Blue Horizon’s first investment in plant cell culture, with California Cultured’s pioneering cellular agriculture tech set to revolutionize the chocolate industry.
Silicon Valley Is Coming for Your Chocolate - The Atlantic
The story of California Cultured is featured in The Atlantic alongside others working on preserving the world’s chocolate supply from climate change, deforestation and child labor issues.
CULT Food Science Completes Strategic Investment Into Leading Cell-based Chocolate Innovator California Cultured
Leading cell culture chocolate company California Cultured is added to CULT Foods investment portfolio.
Greater Sacramento Economic Council: Success Story California Cultured
California Cultured produces sustainable lab-grown chocolate. They got their start in the Bay Area but moved to Greater Sacramento to be closer to our talent pool, foodtech innovators and UC Davis.
$4M Invested in California Cultured’s Cell-Cultured Chocolate to Solve Deforestation and Child Labor in Cocoa
Agronomics has led a Seed Funding Round for California Cultured, a food-tech company based in Davis, California, which utilises cell culture technology to produce cocoa products.
Indiebio Demo Day
California Cultured graduated from the Indiebio program, an incubator for early-stage biotech companies presented by SOSV, armed with knowledge and resources to present their unique cultured chocolate to the world.
Lab-Grown Chocolate Could Be The Future of Sustainable Confectionery
In California, one startup is using cellular agriculture to create bars that are climate-friendly and taste better.
California Cultured: Chocolate Without Cacao Beans, Deforestation, or Exploitation
California Cultured produces sustainable chocolate from plant stem cells cultured to highlight the vast array of flavinols and functional compounds. Led by CEO and repeat founder Alan Perlstein, the team at California Cultured created the world’s first cell-cultured chocolate bar grown in a low-cost, high performance, food-grade cacao cell media.
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