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Celleste Bio unveils lab-grown cocoa butter to help stabilize chocolate supply
Cocoa tech start-up Celleste Bio has introduced what it says is the world’s first chocolate-grade cocoa butter made using plant cell culture technology.

Rafaela Sousa
Oct 162 min read


Novella unveils plant-cell-based strawberry bioactive at SupplySide West
Biotech start-up Novella Innovative Technology has launched Novella Strawberry, a new nutraceutical ingredient developed from whole strawberry cells using the company’s proprietary AuraCell cultivation platform.

Rafaela Sousa
Sep 192 min read


Cellular Agriculture achieves milestone with world’s longest hollow fibre bioreactor runs
Cellular Agriculture has completed multiple runs of what it claims is the world’s longest hollow fibre bioreactor for any cell culture application,

Rafaela Sousa
Sep 51 min read


Opinion: Plant cell culture – pioneering the future of food and materials production
Lucas van der Zee, scientist and co-founder of the Plant Cell Institute, talks to New Tech Foods about how the evolution of plant cell culture has reached this exciting turning point and why collaboration is essential for sustained industry success.

News Desk
Jun 195 min read


ReaGenics uses plant cell cultivation to develop high-protein potato biomass
Israeli biotech start-up ReaGenics has made a breakthrough in alt-protein technology by using plant cell culture to develop potato...

Phoebe Fraser
Aug 28, 20242 min read


Ayana Bio launches Plant Cell Advantage ingredient portfolio
Producer of sustainable bioactives for consumer products, Ayana Bio, has launched its Plant Cell Advantage ingredient portfolio.

Phoebe Fraser
Oct 26, 20232 min read
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