Thursday, August 14, 2025

California Startup Savor launches first butter made entirely from air and water

Call me skeptical!

"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. 

First Commercial Deployments
Several high-profile restaurants and bakeries are among Savor's first customers, including Michelin-starred establishments SingleThread and ONE65, as well as Jane the Bakery in California. The company has been quietly collaborating with Bay Area culinary partners over the past year, allowing chefs to test the product in commercial kitchens. ..."

Startup launches first butter made entirely from air


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