NEWS from the HUB
The Cultured Hub accelerates plant cell culturing for cocoa, coffee, and other ingredients
Kemptthal (Switzerland), December 17, 2025 – The Cultured Hub today announced an expansion of its service offering with the addition of plant cell culturing capabilities, broadening its activities beyond cultured meat and leveraging this technology platform to support the growing field of alternative ingredient production. To mark this milestone, the Hub hosted the first Cultured Plant Cell Event 2025, bringing together start-ups, corporate leaders, and researchers to explore how plant cell culture can complement traditional agriculture and strengthen global supply chains for high-value ingredients such as cocoa, coffee, and citrus.
Launch of The Cultured Hub in Kemptthal
Vernier, Uzwil, and Zurich (Switzerland), June 28, 2022 – The next milestone of The Cultured Hub located in The Valley in Kemptthal near Zurich is complete. The joint venture was agreed by Swiss companies Givaudan, Bühler, and Migros in 2021 with the aim of supporting and accelerating the large-scale development of fermentation and cultivated food products. Cultured meat offers slaughter-free meat with a significantly reduced climate and land use footprint.
