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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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[–] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 year ago

what it's made from is utterly and completely irrelevant, both margarine and butter are primarily just fat. My point is that i don't see how you can replicate the precise flavour of butter with only fat.