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Butter made from carbon tastes like the real thing, gets backing from Bill Gates (www.cbsnews.com)

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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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[–] UltraBlack@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

From the description I cannot in a million years assume that it tastes anywhere near butter. And where's the buttery taste going

[–] LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

"Fat molecules chemically identical to those in butter". I'll wait until I hear more third party people try it or I do myself.

[–] Krudler@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

Of course not. They've made artificial fat, not butter. BIG difference

water, lecithin as an emulsifier, flavor and color

[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

My #1 fear of this... I'm sure they'll fix it:

(Yes, I used AI to make that. "Black Butter" is also apparently real and actually looks super tasty!)

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[–] PumpkinSkink@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago (5 children)

So when I poop the carbon butter out, how long does it take to decompose? Because unless we make one of those nuclear waste containment salt bunkers for all. the butter carbon poop this kinda seems like a dumb idea.

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[–] ThanksObama@sh.itjust.works 0 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

So Bill Gates invented margarine?

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[–] ptolemai@lemmy.world 0 points 3 weeks ago

There's a term for that high-carbon butter-like substance. Migraine or something..

[–] queermunist@lemmy.ml -1 points 3 weeks ago (10 children)

Butter is, like, the one dairy product I don't miss. Pass.

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