Celleste Bio Develops First Chocolate-Grade Cocoa Butter with Plant Cell Technology
Celleste Bio, a cocoa technology company, has announced the successful production of the first chocolate-grade cocoa butter made through plant cell culture technology, supporting its effort to build a more resilient and sustainable cocoa supply chain. Real cocoa butter, without the beans At the EIT Food‘s Next Bite Summit in Brussels, Belgium, Celleste introduced the innovative cocoa butter, which is chemically and functionally identical to cocoa butter derived from traditional …
Celleste Bio Secures $4.5M to Scale Production of Cell-Cultured Cocoa, Mondelēz VC Arm Participates
Cocoa-tech startup Celleste Bio has raised $4.5 million in a seed round to produce its cell-cultured cocoa ingredients for the food industry. The round was led by early-stage investor Supply Change Capital, with the participation of Mondelēz International’s venture capital arm SnackFutures Ventures, Consensus Business Group, Barrel Venture Partners, The Trendlines Group, and Regba Agriculture. The new funds will help Celleste Bio boost its research and development, infrastructure, and technological capabilities …