- A company called Savor, funded by Bill Gates, has developed a butter alternative made from carbon dioxide and hydrogen – bypassing traditional agriculture and dairy production entirely.
- Savor’s process eliminates greenhouse gas emissions linked to conventional butter (seven percent of global fat-related emissions) and avoids palm oil deforestation, positioning it as a sustainable solution.
- The lab-made butter reportedly matches traditional butter in flavor, texture and appearance but has a shorter ingredient list (fat, water, lecithin and natural flavor).
- Savor aims to supply restaurants by 2025, launch carbon-based chocolates and reach grocery stores by 2027, pitching it as a way to “feed our species and heal our planet.”
- Critics, including the American Butter Association, argue the product misleads consumers by using dairy terms, while some dismiss it as unnecessary. Online detractors question Gates’ motives, reflecting broader hesitancy toward lab-grown foods.
Food scientists are reinventing butter – one of humanity’s oldest staples – in a suburban Chicago industrial park. But this version contains no cream, no cows and – according to its makers – no environmental toll.
Instead, it’s crafted from carbon dioxide and hydrogen. This radical innovation backed by billionaire and Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates could redefine sustainable food production – if the consumers accept it.
Batavia, Illinois-based Savor, a company funded by Gates’ climate-focused investments, has developed a butter substitute using a patented process that transforms greenhouse gases into edible fats. Savor CEO Kathleen Alexander described the method as bypassing agriculture entirely, reducing land use and emissions.
According to Savor food scientist Jordan Beiden-Charles, the resulting butter made from molecules is indistinguishable from conventional butter in taste, texture and appearance. The only difference is that it has an ingredient list simpler than many margarine. “Just our fat, water, lecithin and natural flavor,” he said.
The technology hinges on synthesizing fat molecules identical to those found in animal or vegetable oils by combining carbon from the air and hydrogen from water. Traditional butter production is responsible for seven percent of global fat-related emissions. Savor claims its method releases zero greenhouse gases and avoids palm oil-linked deforestation.
Gates’ carbon butter: Feeding the world or depopulating it?
With plans to supply restaurants and launch carbon-based chocolates by 2025, the company aims for grocery shelves by 2027. Alexander pitched the product as a solution to “feed our species and heal our planet.”
Yet skepticism abounds. Critics, including the American Butter Association (ABA), argue that such products mislead consumers by co-opting dairy terminology. The ABA noted that federal standards since 1906 define butter strictly as a cow-derived product.
Online detractors, like chef Andrew Gruel, dismiss the innovation as unnecessary. He posted on X: “Why do this when we already have butter?”
User @Sassafrass_84 meanwhile demanded “a list of names and restaurants that plan to use Gates’ new carbon butter” that she won’t be patronizing. She also called out the Microsoft co-founder’s ulterior motives: “That man is trying to depopulate Earth. When will people realize that he is a crazy psychopath?”
The debate echoes past tensions over lab-grown foods, from Impossible Meat to synthetic sweeteners – each heralded as eco-friendly breakthroughs, but often met with public hesitation. Gates, who has championed alternative proteins to curb climate change, framed Savor’s work as essential in a recent blog post: “Their potential to significantly reduce our carbon footprint is immense.” (Related: Depopulation globalist Bill Gates investing in meat alternatives made with toxic ingredients like GMO canola oil.)
Whether carbon butter becomes a pantry staple or a niche experiment hinges on transparency, regulation and taste tests. Convincing the world to spread something born in a lab, not a pasture, may prove tougher than inventing it.
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