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Planet A Foods is partnering with Nestlé Deutschland. For the new product line of Choco Crossies, the corporation is using Choviva, the cocoa-free chocolate alternative. The partnership brings the ingredient into another well-known brand.

The Munich foodtech startup Planet A Foods is launching a long-term partnership with Barry Callebaut. The collaboration aims to develop sustainable chocolate alternatives without cocoa based on regionally sourced raw materials.

Munich startup Planet A Foods partners with Deutsche Bahn: ChoViva will be included as part of Treets Vegan Crunchy Corn in long-distance trains.

The Munich startup Planet A Foods impresses twice over: as a finalist in the German Founder Prize 2025 and as the winner of the “Rising Star” award at the Game Changer Awards, the foodtech company receives recognition.

Planet A Foods is advancing the expansion of its cocoa-free chocolate product Choviva. Just in time for Easter, the Munich startup is launching seasonal products in Germany, France, and Great Britain.

Planet A Foods has closed one of the largest foodtech funding rounds of the year to scale its cocoa-free chocolate alternative globally. A total of 28 million euros (30 million dollars) goes to the Munich startup’s account.

The TUM Presidential Entrepreneurship Award was presented as part of the TUM Entrepreneurship Day. The winner this year is the energy startup Reverion. Planet A Foods and Robco also made it to the final round.

Deutsche Bahn launches a partnership with Munich startup Planet A Foods and brings the innovative, cocoa-free chocolate Choviva on board its long-distance trains.

Planet A Foods aims to sustainably transform food production. To achieve this, Sara Marquart, together with her brother Maximilian Marquart, developed the world’s first cocoa-free chocolate ChoViva, which uses regional ingredients such as oat and sunflower seeds instead of cocoa, resulting in up to 90 percent lower CO2 emissions compared to conventional chocolate. However, chocolate is just the beginning at Planet A Foods: next, the startup wants to focus on additional ingredients such as a cocoa butter substitute. Sara Marquart completed her PhD in food chemistry at the TU München, then worked as a curator at the German Museum, as a scientist for Atomo Coffee in the USA, and published numerous publications. In 2021, she founded Planet A Foods together with her brother.

The Munich startup Planet A Foods secures 14.1 million euros (15.4 million dollars) in its Series A. Under the brand name Choviva, the foodtech company produces cocoa-free chocolate primarily for the food industry.

From its founding two years ago through building its own production facility to its first mass market product, Planet A Foods has already achieved a lot. The Munich startup produces cacao-free chocolate under the brand name Choviva, primarily for the food industry. In this update interview, co-founder and CTO Sara Marquart and co-founder and CEO Max Marquart discuss their journey so far and their startup’s future plans.

Under the brand name Choviva, the Munich startup Planet A Foods produces cocoa-free chocolate, primarily for the food industry. Together with Peter Kölln, it is now bringing its first products to supermarket shelves.