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NuCicer
Reinventing the chickpea with high-protein content, customized functional and nutritional properties, and improved environmental resilience
NuCicer is unleashing the full potential of chickpeas to deliver high-impact ingredients for food brands and climate-smart crops for growers. Backed by a proprietary wild-species seed library and precision breeding platform, NuCicer develops all-natural chickpeas with ultra-high protein and low fat. These nutrient-dense chickpea varieties enable brands to improve flavor and texture while replacing heavily processed protein isolates with high-protein chickpea flour and simply milled protein ingredients.
Notable Achievements
- Raised $11.5M in Series A from leading agtech, genetics, and CPG companies.
- Unlocked dry-fractionation of chickpeas without the need to defat enabling competitive economics.
- Produced 2,500 acres of NuCicer high-protein chickpeas with ability to 10x production next year.
Currently Operating in One Region
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