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How much carbon is emitted to run the factory to make it though? Are we talking a net negative here?

I must be losing my mind because I thought I saw this post 2 days ago except it said beer.

Should be a nice change from that silicon based butter I usually get.

I don’t eat carbon-based foods. Exotic silicon lifeforms, fresh from Titan’s methane seas.

There's a term for that high-carbon butter-like substance. Migraine or something..

To put it in simple terms, Savor says they take carbon dioxide from the air and hydrogen from water, heat them up, oxidize them and get a final result that looks like candle wax but is in fact fat molecules like those in beef, cheese or vegetable oils.

So their process sounds like it creates synthetic lard, not butter. This can still be a good thing as the extra ingredients to make it "butter" aren't really the hard/impactful part of butter.

This is interesting...

Lab grown meat have problem where they cannot create fat. So if this works, maybe this is the solution.

"So you're using this gas right now to cook your food and we're proposing that we would like to first make your food with— with that gas," said Kathleen Alexander, co-founder and CEO of Savor.

That doesn't sound appetizing... Lol.

I'd actually be willing to give it a try if it's vaguely price-competitive, but their website is all glam shots of butter and people doing things with butter and not only doesn't sell it but doesn't tell you where you can get it.

https://www.savor.it/

Also, they did not do a good job of choosing that name. It looks like there's a very-similarly-named French Canadian manufacturer of butter, Savör, which apparently isn't too religious about using their umlaut:

At Savor, we believe the best butter starts with the best environment. That’s why we source our grass-fed dairy butter from New Zealand, a country renowned for its pristine landscapes, sustainable farming, and exceptional dairy quality.

I foresee a collision between those two.

So, in essence, this, but with added marketing steps.

I've heard that people made from carbon taste like the real thing too, you all should try it!

From the description I cannot in a million years assume that it tastes anywhere near butter. And where's the buttery taste going

You had me in the first half