PENNSAUKEN, NJ. — Puratos plans to launch a chocolate product made with cultured/cellular cocoa later this year through Sparkalis, the company’s food technology venture unit. Puratos is collaborating with California Cultured, Inc., Davis, Calif., to make the product.
The product will help ensure more consistent quality and supply, according to Puratos.
“The US market plays a central role in food innovation, and we are proud to help bring new technologies like cultured cocoa closer to commercial reality here,” said Jaina Wald, vice president of marketing and digital for Pennsauken-based Puratos USA.
California Cultured selects cells from cacao varieties and uses a natural fermentation process to produce cocoa.
“What matters to chocolate makers is simple,” said Alan Perlstein, chief executive officer at California Cultured. “They need an ingredient that behaves like cocoa, tastes like cocoa and shows up when they need it. This partnership with Puratos moves cultured cocoa from a scientific proof into a dependable commercial ingredient that manufacturers can actually plan around.”
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