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Bill Gates’ controversial and revolutionary synthetic butter is produced in a laboratory, completely without cows or farms.
Savor’s product is created by thermochemically synthesizing fat molecules using carbon dioxide (admitted from the air) with hydrogen (from water). Gates claims that the imitation butter is not only as good for the environment as real butter, but it can also reduce emissions from dairy production. Many are still shocked. How can a chemical concoction made in industrial vats “better than” butter produced by grass-fed cattle on natural pastures. Farmers and consumers alike see this as part of a larger agenda to disrupt the traditional farming.
What is Savor Lab-Made Butter?
Savour’s butter is created using a patented process that combines CO₂ and hydrogen and heats and oxidises them, resulting in fat molecules “identical”, they claim, to those in dairy butter. The process does not involve animals, palm oil, fertilisers or plants. The final product is made up of water, a lecithin-based natural emulsifier, and minimal flavours or colours.
Where are we now?
- You’ve already used it: Chocolates with the logo will be launched in 2025 for holidays.
- Retail timeline By 2027, it is hoped that more supermarkets will be available.
Official Details Savour Breakthrough Energy, Gates’ investment arm.
Gates’ absurd environmental claims
Bill Gates, in a blog post, stated that he had tried Savour’s product and was shocked to find out that it wasn’t real butter. The idea of using lab-made oils and fats may sound strange, but they have the potential to reduce our carbon footprint significantly.
He claims the process “doesn’t release any greenhouse gas” and uses no farming land, a drastic upgrade over dairy. He links high emissions from cattle and feed production. Post in full: GatesNotes – Greasy—and good for the planet. Savour also claims The fats they use could reduce the impact of animal/plant oils that contribute to 7 percent of global emission.
Social media users’ reactions: “Disgusting”, “Dystopian”, etc.
Users have expressed their horror over the idea that synthetic fats will replace natural fats.
- @SBakerMD Dr Shawn Baker: A reminder of the elites who push “peasant foods” while keeping actual products for themselves.
- @ShadowofEzra And others: Called it “Frankenbutter”, and tied it to wider food control concerns.
It is labelled “poison”, or “slop”, and thousands of people swear to stick with real dairy.
The farming community takes back its rights
Dairy farmers, and their associations, see this as a threat to their very existence. Since 1906, the American Butter Association has been lobbying FDA to stop misleading labels about alternatives. They insist that “butter” can only come from cow milk.
Farmers argue well-managed grazing systems recycle nutrients naturally via manure, support biodiversity, and sequester carbon in soil – benefits lab production can’t replicate. They worry that synthetic alternatives could threaten livelihoods, and centralise production.
Critics have highlighted the potential economic destruction for rural communities that depend on dairy.
While Savour positions its product as a climate solution, the shock remains: A lab-engineered spread, funded by one of the world’s richest men, poised to challenge – and potentially displace – one of nature’s most beloved foods. Will Gates’ vision be embraced by consumers or rejected outright?
