Companies Grow Cocoa Beans in Lab to Produce Chocolate — VOA Learning English
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Climate change pressures have led some companies to try growing cocoa in new environments to produce chocolate.
Some of the companies have set up growing operations in laboratories to produce cocoa from cell cultures. Others are experimenting with non-cocoa substances in an effort to create chocolate alternatives.
Higher temperatures worldwide have made it harder to grow cocoa beans in traditional rainforest environments. But worldwide demand remains high for chocolate. So, scientists and businesses are looking to create new products to meet that demand.
California Cultured is a plant cell culture company based in West Sacramento, California. It is growing cocoa from cell cultures inside a lab…
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