Celleste

Celleste is a cocoa-tech company that has developed a proprietary cocoa technology intended to reduce the chocolate industry's dependence on unstable, geography-bound cocoa supply. Celleste has successfully grown 100% real cocoa ingredients from a single cell. This breakthrough enabled the creation of the world's first milk chocolate made with real cell-cultured chocolate-grade cocoa butter, developed in collaboration with our strategic partner, Mondelēz International. By uncoupling the bean from the tree, our pioneering researchers have created the biological infrastructure to brew real cocoa in a controlled environment.

The company's model combines biotech, agtech and AI to produce traceable cocoa ingredients at scale in any location. The result we aim for is chocolate-grade cocoa butter and cocoa powder designed for commercial applications. Our cocoa will serve as a seamless, high-performance drop-in ingredient for both mass and premium chocolate manufacturing, integrating into existing production processes. The company makes its cocoa butter and cocoa powder from a single material source. Alongside commodity products, Celleste offers tailored products that can be adjusted for sweetness level, melting temperature and specific fine flavors. Cocoa butter makes up about one third of a standard chocolate and is the most expensive and resource-intensive cocoa component to grow and produce.

Our mission is to strengthen and supplement the global cocoa ecosystem by creating a consistent, high-quality, and resilient supply of real cocoa ingredients for the future of chocolate.