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January 31, 2020

The startups making vegan cheese taste like the real thing

First came lab-grown meat; now comes lab-grown cheese.


Kim Darrah

6 min read

For a long time now vegan cheese has had a problem. Not only does it rarely melt, stretch or feel like cheese — it just doesn’t taste quite right.

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Photo of Sorosh Tavakoli and Anja Leissner
Noquo founders Anja Leissner and Sorosh Tavakoli
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Noquo's cheese scientists.
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Nuquo's cheese
Tasters of Noquo's cheese.
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