New Culture

New Culture successfully scales fermentation process to manufacturing volumes

01-Sep-2023 By Deniz Ataman

The company expects to reach cost-parity with traditional mozzarella within three years with its animal-free casein produced via precision fermentation.

New Culture to launch vegan mozzarella using animal-free casein via precision fermentation by early 2024

25-May-2023 By Deniz Ataman

New Culture is preparing to launch its vegan mozzarella in early 2024 with more cheese options in the near future, after $25m in series A funding last fall.

Animal-free dairy: New Culture attracts new funding; Change Foods eyes up Abu Dhabi for new plant: 'There is a massive commercial manufacturing capacity bottleneck in the industry'

04-Nov-2022 By Elaine Watson

Two US-based precision fermentation startups making real dairy ingredients using microbes instead of cows have announced significant developments as they gear up to launch next year in the emerging ‘animal-free dairy’ category.

ADM teams up with New Culture to scale up animal-free dairy platform

17-Aug-2022 By Elaine Watson

New Culture, a startup producing casein proteins (minus the cows) via microbial fermentation to make mozzarella and other dairy products has announced a strategic partnership with global ingredients giant ADM to scale up its animal-free dairy operation.

New Culture raises $25m as 'animal-free dairy' space heats up

22-Nov-2021 By Elaine Watson

New Culture – one of a cluster of startups in the emerging ‘animal-free’ dairy space genetically engineering microbes to produce dairy milk proteins, without cows – has raised $25m in an oversubscribed series A round led by Ahren Innovation Capital and...

Kraft Heinz venture fund invests in startup making real cheese… without cows

11-Sep-2019 By Elaine Watson

San Francisco startup New Culture – which is making animal-free dairy cheese with casein proteins made from microbial fermentation (instead of cow’s milk) - has closed a $3.5m seed round led by Evolv Ventures, a $100m venture fund backed by Kraft Heinz.