Researchers at UC Davis are working with California Cultured, a Sacramento based food-tech company, to keep chocolate affordable and sustainable by growing everyone’s favorite treat directly from plant cells.
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Chocolate produced in bioreactors is getting closer to the market. Companies – both startups and well-known corporations – are investing in the artificial production of cocoa. But behind the sensory similarities lie fundamental differences from the natural product.