Layoff
Sep 2024Employee-reported layoffs were listed for Nobell Foods / Alpine Bio on TrueUp.
SourceCheese and dairy products from plant-derived dairy proteins
Company research
Public company, workplace, funding, and market signals
Updated Jul 30, 2026
Overview
Nobell Foods is an animal-free cheese brand now operating under Alpine Bio, using plant-grown casein from engineered soybeans to make cheese that stretches, melts, and tastes like dairy while aiming for sustainability and price parity with commodity cheese.
Primary product
Animal-free cheese made from plant-grown casein
Founded
2016
Headquarters
South San Francisco, California, United States
Team size
51-100
Industry
Food Tech
Sub-industry
Molecular farming / plant-derived dairy proteins
Offices
South San Francisco, California, United States
San Francisco, California, United States
Business model
Consumer packaged goods
Direct-to-consumer
B2B ingredients / ingredient platform
Funding
Stage
Series B
Total raised
$102.4M
Latest round
Series B · Jul 2021
Latest amount
$75M
Jul 2021 · Breakthrough Energy Ventures
Sep 2019
Jan 2017 · Y Combinator
People & investors
Leadership
Founder & CEO
VP of Marketing
VP of Food Science and Product Development
Vice President of Business Development & Operations
VP of Plant Biology
Work & culture
Mission-driven and science-heavy, with language on the careers page emphasizing equitable and transparent hiring, world-altering work, creative chaos, and a strong cheese mission.
Compensation
Public job postings mention competitive compensation and include explicit salary bands for some roles (for example, research roles and senior/VP roles), plus equity for all employees.
Benefits
Equity for all employees
Competitive compensation
Healthcare
Dental insurance
Vision insurance
401(k)
Commuter benefits
Product & market
Pricing
Aims for parity with commodity cheese / price-competitive cheese pricing
Differentiators
- —Plant-grown casein instead of traditional animal dairy proteins
- —Designed to stretch, melt, and taste like conventional cheese
- —Targets cost parity with commodity cheese
- —Uses molecular farming and proprietary Plant Grown Proteins technology
- —Animal-free, lactose-free, and gluten-free positioning
Technology
Google Analytics
Plant Grown Proteins (PGP) platform
molecular farming
Customers
Consumers seeking animal-free cheese
Ingredient partners
CPG brands
Competitors
Miyoko's
Kite Hill
Califia Farms
Oatly
New Culture
Climax Foods
Scale & contact
Estimated revenue
Approx. $11.3M ARR (2025 estimate)
Signals & risks
Latest news
Food Business News · Apr 2024
Covers the master-brand shift to Alpine Bio and notes plans for public tastings of animal-free mozzarella in 2025.
Green Queen · Apr 2024
Reports the rebrand, the protein-pipeline expansion, and the planned mozzarella launch timeline.
PRNewswire · Apr 2024
Company announcement on its 10th U.S. patent and the broader Alpine Bio / Nobell Foods brand transition.
AgFunderNews · Apr 2024
Explains the rebrand to Alpine Bio, the continued Nobell Foods cheese brand, and the company’s broader molecular-farming ambitions.
PRNewswire · Jul 2021
Announced the $75M Series B led by Breakthrough Energy Ventures and highlighted plant-derived dairy proteins and the initial cheese launch plans.
Jobs and careers at Nobell Foods
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