The UK-based company Nukoko has raised a $1.5 million seed fund to expand its technology for producing chocolate without cocoa. Decreases in cocoa supply and price increases have prompted the company to explore alternative solutions. Nukoko claims to have developed chocolate made from legume beans. Utilizing a fermentation process similar to traditional cocoa fermentation, the company transforms the beans into bars that produce 90% less carbon emissions compared to traditional chocolate, without contributing to further deforestation.