YC Companies/Summer 2021/Planet A Foods
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Planet A Foods

Building the next generation food ingredient champion.

Summer 2021Consumer / Consumer -> Food and BeverageMunich, BY, Germany6 employees
Climate
ClimateTech

About

Imagine a world without chocolate. Horrifying, right? But the supply of cocoa is endangered and chocolate is as bad as meat for our planet. We make future-proof chocolate using precision fermentation. Doing this, our chocolate is 10x more sustainable and 20% cheaper than conventional chocolate. In order to mimic the organoleptic properties of chocolate (tender, smoothly melting taste release) we are working on the flavor itself but also on replacing the cocoa butter. 55 Mio lbs of chocolate are consumed every day. By 2035 we will substitute a big chunk of it through our sustainable chocolate. In addition, we are working on extending our technology platform to additional ingredients such as palm oil.

Founders (2)

Maximilian Marquart
Founder
Sara Marquart
Founder

Details

Status
Active
Stage
Early
Team Size
6
Regions
Germany, Europe, Remote, Partly Remote