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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/34272214

A California-based biotechnology startup has officially launched the world's first commercially available butter made entirely from carbon dioxide, hydrogen, and oxygen, eliminating the need for traditional agriculture or animal farming. Savor, backed by Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates through his Breakthrough Energy Ventures fund, announced the commercial release of its animal- and plant-free butter after three years of development.

The revolutionary product uses a proprietary thermochemical process that transforms carbon dioxide captured from the air, hydrogen from water, and methane into fat molecules chemically identical to those found in dairy butter. According to the company, the process creates fatty acids by heating these gases under controlled temperature and pressure conditions, then combining them with glycerol to form triglycerides.

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Should be a nice change from that silicon based butter I usually get.

[–] tal@lemmy.today 14 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (6 children)

I'd actually be willing to give it a try if it's vaguely price-competitive, but their website is all glam shots of butter and people doing things with butter and not only doesn't sell it but doesn't tell you where you can get it.

https://www.savor.it/

Also, they did not do a good job of choosing that name. It looks like there's a very-similarly-named French Canadian manufacturer of butter, Savör, which apparently isn't too religious about using their umlaut:

At Savor, we believe the best butter starts with the best environment. That’s why we source our grass-fed dairy butter from New Zealand, a country renowned for its pristine landscapes, sustainable farming, and exceptional dairy quality.

I foresee a collision between those two.

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[–] IllNess@infosec.pub 13 points 5 days ago (2 children)

This is interesting...

Lab grown meat have problem where they cannot create fat. So if this works, maybe this is the solution.

"So you're using this gas right now to cook your food and we're proposing that we would like to first make your food with— with that gas," said Kathleen Alexander, co-founder and CEO of Savor.

That doesn't sound appetizing... Lol.

[–] NoForwardslashS@sopuli.xyz 9 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I would like to propose you eat my gas

[–] IllNess@infosec.pub 9 points 4 days ago

"Eat my gas" should be their slogan.

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[–] finitebanjo@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago

I must be losing my mind because I thought I saw this post 2 days ago except it said beer.

[–] qyron@sopuli.xyz 6 points 4 days ago

So, in essence, this, but with added marketing steps.

[–] danc4498@lemmy.world 5 points 5 days ago (1 children)

You had me in the first half

[–] bigfondue@lemmy.world 4 points 5 days ago

Bill is going to be serving this on all his jets and yachts

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