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New Culture: Revolutionizing Dairy with Animal-Free Cheese
TLDR New Culture, founded by Matt Gibson and Inia Radman, is using precision fermentation to create plant-based vegan cheeses that mimic traditional dairy cheeses using dairy protein without any animals, with a focus on launching mozzarella cheese in pizzerias in 2024 to combat climate change and reduce carbon emissions.
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Matt Gibson and Inia Radman founded New Culture to create plant-based vegan cheeses that mimic traditional dairy cheeses using dairy protein without any animals, with their first product being mozzarella cheese set to launch in pizzerias in 2024.
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Matt Gibson and Inia Radman connected on LinkedIn, leading to the founding of New Culture, with Inia drawn to the idea of creating a cell-based ag company and joining Matt in a biotech incubator program in San Francisco.
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Inia Radman was drawn to the idea of using molecular biology to create food proteins as a way to combat climate change, leading her to take a leap of faith and join New Culture to work on sustainable cheese production.
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Matt Gibson and Inia Radman identified casein proteins as the key ingredient in dairy cheese that gives it its unique properties, leading them to focus on solving the cheese puzzle to have the biggest impact in developing animal-free dairy cheese.
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Matt Gibson and Inja Radman used precision fermentation to instruct microorganisms to produce casein protein, allowing them to create a wide variety of dairy products, including different types of cheese, without the need for animals.
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Mozzarella was chosen as the starting point for experimentation due to its quick production time and large market size, allowing for rapid iteration and improvement in creating animal-free cheese products.
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New Culture is focusing on creating animal-free dairy cheese by specifically working on casing protein, which is essential for cheese texture and meltability, setting them apart from other companies that mainly focus on whey protein for alternative dairy products like ice cream and yogurt.
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New Culture plans to launch their animal-free dairy cheese into select restaurants early next year, aiming to differentiate their product by calling it "animal-free dairy" to emphasize that it contains bioidentical dairy protein but is free of animal sources.
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New Culture aims to lead the global transition to an animal-free dairy future by creating dairy products that are indistinguishable from animal-based ones, with a vision to significantly reduce carbon emissions associated with traditional dairy production.
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New Culture is focused on creating animal-free dairy products to significantly reduce carbon emissions associated with traditional dairy production.
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