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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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[–] [email protected] 56 points 5 months ago (5 children)

It's a synthetic saturated fat, so basically a synthetic margarine. Butter is made from milk. So the headline should read "[...] makes 'margarine' out of water and CO2", but everybody hates margarine, so I get why they chose butter instead.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Hey, I like margarine...

[–] [email protected] 10 points 5 months ago

Give me Kerry Gold or give me death

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Really? I don't mind it as a substitute for baking, but for eating on bread or using it to fry something I don't think it comes even close to the flavor you get from real butter.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago

Oh, butter is better, sure, but my preferences are not mutually exclusive.

For example, I like salads without dressing, though salads with dressing taste better. Does that mean that we must ditch all salads without dressing? I hope not.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 5 months ago (1 children)

“I’ve tasted Savor’s products, and I couldn’t believe I wasn’t eating real butter. It tastes really good—like the real thing, because chemically it is.” Bill Gates recently wrote in his blog post.

If it’s chemically the same as butter, should we call it butter or something else?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

"I can't believe it's not chemically manufactured butter!"

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

~I can't believe it's not~ BUTTER

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

Processed butter food

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

Margerine is made from unsaturated fats, though. So it's not the same. Is it?