cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/34272214
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.
I don’t like how it smells or tastes? 🤷♀️
How?
Fats tend to absorb aromatic molecules. That’s why we want them in food, because those aromatics are what bring out flavor. However, they can also absorb aromatics that aren’t good. This can be an issue with butter stored in the fridge too long. It’s not necessarily dangerous to eat, but you won’t like it.
I’m guessing GP is especially sensitive to the smell/taste that comes off from what the butter has been around.
What kind of question is that? I dunno dawg that’s how my olfactory senses turned out! To me it stinks and kind of makes me nauseated.
Some people dislike cheese, I dislike butter.
How? 😜
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Found the owl ;)
Who?