Meet MINUS COFFEE
Meet Compound Foods' first product: Minus Coffee, head to the Minus website to learn more!

We create climate-proof, low cost, mouth watering, planet loving products through fermentation.

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We're doing this for you, for the planet and for the love of coffee.

CHECK OUT OUR FIRST PRODUCT
1 cup saves
37 GALLONS
of water
SUPPORT farmers transition into agroforestry systems, and intercropping climate-resilient crops
Cuts carbon
emissions
by 87%

Articles Mentioned In

"Maricel Saenz, the native Costa Rican runs Compound Foods, a food-tech startup focused on creating coffee without coffee beans through precision fermentation."
Forbes
"Your morning cup may depend on solving issues with a crop that both contributes to and is deeply affected by the changing climate."
New York Times
"Beanless brews can cut deforestation and greenhouse gas emissions dramatically."
The Guardian
"Climate change is putting coffee production under pressure. Lab-grown coffee offers an alternative."
Wired
"Compound Foods brews up $4.5M to make coffee without beans."
TechCrunch
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