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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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[–] Krudler@lemmy.world -5 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

This is really about how we feed our species and heal our planet at the same time

Yeah we need more fat. That's what's gonna help. More fat. Who owns the weight loss med patents and how long until they purchase the artificial fats patent?

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Honestly, I think we do need more fat. Everyone seems to be obsessed with less fat and more protein, but fat is an essential nutrient. If you want to lose weight, I recommend increasing your (healthy) fat consumption because you'll get more satiety per calorie vs carbs, and fatty foods are more likely to have protein than carbs.

If artificial fat can replace dairy or destructivly farmed veggie oil, I'm all for it.

[–] Krudler@lemmy.world -1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

You don't have to preach nutrition to me, I cook everything from scratch.

The problem here is that obese societies are already over-reliant on fat, so making it more available and cheaper is going to be self-destructive.

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 day ago

No, they're overly reliant on sugar. If you look at what obese people eat, it's tons of carbs and fat-free nonsense so they feel like they're doing something good.