New Culture To Launch Animal-Free Precision Fermentation Mozzarella In Pizzerias By 2023
Fermentation-Based Alt Protein
By Sally Ho Published on Jun 11, 2021
San Francisco food tech New Culture is gearing up to launch its animal-free mozzarella cheese in late 2023 with partnering pizzerias. In an interview, co-founder Matt Gibson revealed that the company has made “numerous breakthroughs” in recent months to produce large quantities of casein protein using precision fermentation, which will enable it to create a cow-free mozzarella that tastes, bites and even stretches like the real deal.
New Culture, a startup using precision fermentation technology to make dairy proteins, says its first commercial product, animal-free mozzarella, will be ready to launch in 2023. Using its proprietary process, which involves sequencing DNA into microbes, feeding them and instructing them to express casein proteins, the company uses traditional cheesemaking techniques to create its ethical and sustainable mozzarella cheese containing real dairy casein made without cows.
According to the startup, thanks to its animal-free casein, the mozzarella will bear the textural and sensorial qualities and even stretchiness of its real cow-based counterpart – something that Gibson believes current plant-based products on the market haven’t managed to achieve...