Bill Gates-backed startup makes 'butter' out of water and carbon dioxide
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To make this alternative butter, you don't need land, livestock, or crops.

A California-based startup called Savor has figured out a unique way to make a butter alternative that doesn’t involve livestock, plants, or even displacing land. Their butter is produced from synthetic fat made using carbon dioxide and hydrogen, and the best part is —- it tastes just like regular butter.

  • Zorg@lemmy.blahaj.zone
    2·
    4 months ago

    According to the savor team, it was quite easy for them:

    “We start with a source of carbon, like carbon dioxide, and use a little bit of heat and hydrogen to form chains which are then blended with oxygen from air to make the fats & oils"

    I want to guess they are glossing over a complicated enzyme they created, or other form of reagent.

    • emergencyfood@sh.itjust.works
      3·
      4 months ago

      That’s like saying you can build a nuclear bomb by smashing pieces of uranium together. Technically true, but it’s a lot more complicated than that.

    • phdepressed@sh.itjust.works
      2·
      4 months ago

      Yeah, they’re definitely glossing over a lot of things. They don’t even mention the source of co2 or even a real timeline.