Butter made from carbon tastes like the real thing, gets backing from Bill Gates
14 days ago
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- A company in Batavia, Illinois, is making butter from carbon, not animals or plants.
- The butter looks, smells, and tastes like traditional butter but is made sustainably.
- The process uses carbon dioxide from the air and hydrogen from water, creating fat molecules similar to those in beef or vegetable oils.
- The method produces zero greenhouse gases and requires no farmland, significantly reducing environmental impact.
- Savor, the company behind the innovation, is backed by Bill Gates, who highlights its potential to reduce carbon footprints.
- The butter contains minimal ingredients: fat, water, lecithin, and natural flavors, avoiding palm oil linked to deforestation.
- Savor plans to release chocolates made with their butter by the 2025 holiday season and aims for consumer availability by 2027.
- The company collaborates with restaurants, bakeries, and food suppliers to introduce their product to the market.