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’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.

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.

California Cultured’s lab-grown chocolate looks, feels and almost tastes like the real thing.

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.

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.

Wall Street Journal Magazine examines companies working within the sustainable chocolate space and includes California Cultured.

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.

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.

Leading cell culture chocolate company California Cultured is added to CULT Foods investment portfolio.

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.

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.

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.

In California, one startup is using cellular agriculture to create bars that are climate-friendly and taste better. 

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.