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.

  • phdepressed@sh.itjust.works
    64·
    6 months ago

    It’s quite obvious at a theoretical level but not easy in terms of figuring out the actual process. A lot of science like that.

    • Zorg@lemmy.blahaj.zone
      6·
      6 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.

      • phdepressed@sh.itjust.works
        7·
        6 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.

      • emergencyfood@sh.itjust.works
        3·
        6 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.