US EditionChocolate Company Announces Plans to Produce Lab-Grown Cocoa
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Chocolate Company Announces Plans to Produce Lab-Grown Cocoa
Compared to just about every other trade in the books, the chocolate industry has changed remarkably little since the 1800s. The entire supply chain still relies on the exploitation of West African labor, colonial trade routes, and a few powerful monopolies acting as middle-men. Consumers are starting to notice. Outrage over additives — from titanium dioxide still used in some white chocolates to the heavy metals like cadmium and lead in dark ch…
In November last year, cocoa prices fell to the lowest level since the beginning of 2024 due to the growth of exports from Côte d'Ivoire, but soon thereafter, the Belgian food ingredient manufacturer Puratos and food startup California Cutured from West Sacramento announced a partnership to create cocoa chocolate grown in a laboratory. Companies plan to bring technology to commercial production before the end of 2026, reports Futurism. Californi…
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