Global cheese leader The Bel Group and biotech startup Climax Foods announce a partnership to introduce a new generation of “zero compromise” plant-based cheese. By leveraging Climax’s data science and artificial intelligence, the two companies will co-create plant-based versions of Bel Group’s Laughing Cow®, Kiri®, Boursin®, Babybel® and Nurishh® brand cheeses. Bel also reveals it…
Global food player invests in new biotech startup to partner and create a new and disruptive generation of plant-based Laughing Cow®, Kiri®, Boursin®, Babybel® and Nurishh® brand foods PARIS and BERKELEY, Calif., April 11, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — The time has come for zero-compromise recipes made from plants. The Bel Group, world leader in branded cheese…
Bel Group—the multinational firm behind cheese brands Babybel, The Laughing Cow, and Boursin—has teamed up with AI-powered startup Climax Foods to develop plant-based versions of its iconic brands for launch in Europe and the US by the end of 2024, starting with Mini Babybel. Bel, which has also acquired an equity stake in California-based Climax…
Walking down the cheese aisle at the grocery store, you’re likely to recognize Bell Group’s offerings: red wax-wrapped Babybels, Laughing Cow wedges and boxes of Boursin. For more than 150 years, the French company has been making dairy cheeses. Now it’s looking to expand its plant-based offerings through a partnership with Climax Foods, a Berkeley,…