This disclosure generally describes comestible cell-based food products including a combination of cultured cells and dry cell powder and methods for preparing such cell-based food products. In one or more embodiments, the comestible cell-based food product comprises a mixture of cultured animal cells and dry cultured animal cell powder. For example, the comestible cell-based food product is produced by generating a homogenous mixture of cultured animal cells and dry cultured animal cell powder. In one or more embodiments, the dry cultured animal cell powder improves the texture of the resultant comestible cell-based food product by tailoring the hardness and/or adhesiveness of the comestible cell-based food product.