California Cultured uses cellular agriculture to create sustainable, lab-grown coffee and chocolate that address global supply chain challenges. The company's innovative process reduces the environmental impact and mitigates the crises facing traditional coffee and cocoa production.
Founded: 2020
Alan Perlstein Chief Executive Officer, Co-Founder |
Harrison Yoon Co-Founder |
Debbie Neumann Chief Operating Officer, Co-Founder |
California Cultured recently showed off its newly completed 12,000-square-foot facility in West Sacramento where it is fine-tuning techniques to make cocoa powder and chocolate products from the cells of cocoa rather than harvesting the fruit in poor countries across the globe.
From California to Israel, companies are aiming to grow cocoa beyond the tropics in a bid to buffer chocolate's key ingredient from climate change.