Food & Beverage — Mondelēz validates cell-cultured cocoa technology, Chobani signals M&A appetite, and energy drink market share diverges despite category growth.

Food & Beverage · 2026-04-16

Three distinct but interconnected signals emerged today across the Food & Beverage landscape. Mondelēz's creation of chocolate bars using Celleste's cell-cultured cocoa butter marks a credible inflection point for alternative ingredient technology — a major CPG company putting its brand behind lab-grown inputs changes the risk calculus for the entire confectionery supply chain. Meanwhile, Chobani…