A California-based startup called Savor has figured out a unique way to make a butter alternative that doesn’t involve livestock, plants, or even displacing land. Their butter is produced from synthetic fat made using carbon dioxide and hydrogen, and the best part is —- it tastes just like regular butter.

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    4 months ago

    It’s also closer to butter than butter alternatives. It’s not made to be more healthy, just more planet friendly.

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      4 months ago

      Fake food is going to be more healthy than the real deal?

      Sure buddy

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          It is also a fact that butter is a staple food that has been used for thousands of years with a proven track record.

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              4 months ago

              Just because something is fallacy the way it was presented does not make it wrong if he facts check out :)

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                4 months ago

                Your facts don’t check out, that’s what makes you wrong. Fallacies are just the symptom.

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                  Is butter not the best product in its class? both from health ie nutrition value and taste perspective?

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                    Not anymore. This product matches butter on both counts and puts out much less pollution and takes up much less land than factory farming. I urge you to actually read the article, many of your points are addressed within.

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            This may be a logical fallacy known as false equivalence, when one fact is stated or implied to be conflated with another not directly related fact.

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            4 months ago

            So is any meat, mayonnaise, even butter is processed. Ever went into a fast food chain? Most ingredients are processed to the bits.

            You better not take any medicine, that super processed? And Coca cola or any energy drinks? Bleh, made in labs!

            I guess you only eat whole grains collected by you, that must suck.

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        I wrote it’s not made to be more healthy, because that’s the current marketing of butter alternatives. This isn’t claiming to be more healthy. The compounds are the same as the fatty acids in butter.

        It’s simply a way to get butter while reducing carbon dioxide, rather than increasing it.

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        If it’s chemically identical, what does it matter if it’s come from dairy, this process, or a Star Trek replicator?

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        Good or bad, it’s still processed food.

        That’s my half-assed neutral statement. I choose not to eat processed foods. As long as there’s disclosure, I don’t care.

        What people eat or don’t eat is their business.