Bill Gates-backed startup makes 'butter' out of water and carbon dioxide
www.zmescience.com
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
      6•2 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•2 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.