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Bill Gates-backed startup makes ‘butter’ out of water and carbon dioxide (www.zmescience.com)
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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.

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[–] chemicalprophet@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Isn’t that what it’s always been made of?

[–] disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world 17 points 1 year ago

Hydrocarbon chains? Yes. The success is that this process doesn’t involve cattle.

[–] Rivalarrival@lemmy.today 7 points 1 year ago

Germany managed to make butter out of coal during WWII.