Bill Gates-Backed Company Is Now Producing Butter Made from Carbon

MOLINA It looks smells ░░░░░░░░ tastes like the butter ░░░░░░░░ re all familiar but ░░░░░░░░ the farmland fertilizers or ░░░░░░░░ tied to that typical ░░░░░░░░ And this butter breakthrough ░░░░░░░░ s happening right here ░░░░░░░░ Batavia MOLINA voice over ░░░░░░░░ the middle of an ░░░░░░░░ park in a suburb ░░░░░░░░ of Chicago something unprecedented ░░░░░░░░ happening ALEXANDER So you ░░░░░░░░ using this gas right ░░░░░░░░ to like cook your ░░░░░░░░ and we re proposing ░░░░░░░░ we would like to ░░░░░░░░ make your food with ░░░░░░░░ gas MOLINA voice over ░░░░░░░░ company is called Saver ░░░░░░░░ you better believe it ░░░░░░░░ pioneering tech uses carbon ░░░░░░░░ hydrogen to make the ░░░░░░░░ of butter you see ░░░░░░░░ this plate BEIDEN Charles ░░░░░░░░ is pretty novel to ░░░░░░░░ able to make food ░░░░░░░░ looks and tastes and ░░░░░░░░ exactly like dairy butter ░░░░░░░░ with no agriculture whatsoever ░░░░░░░░ voice over And no ░░░░░░░░ ingredient list the average ░░░░░░░░ can t pronounce BEIDEN ░░░░░░░░ It s really just ░░░░░░░░ fat some water a ░░░░░░░░ bit of lecithin as ░░░░░░░░ emulsifier and some natural ░░░░░░░░ and color MOLINA voice ░░░░░░░░ How Fats are made ░░░░░░░░ of carbon and hydrogen ░░░░░░░░ The goal here replicate ░░░░░░░░ chains without animals or ░░░░░░░░ And they did it ░░░░░░░░ tell me to simplify ░░░░░░░░ take carbon dioxide from ░░░░░░░░ air and hydrogen from ░░░░░░░░ heat them up and ░░░░░░░░ them The final result ░░░░░░░░ Charles It looks like ░░░░░░░░ wax like a candle ░░░░░░░░ at first MOLINA voice ░░░░░░░░ But they re fat ░░░░░░░░ like the ones in ░░░░░░░░ cheese or vegetable oils ░░░░░░░░ Sustainability is why we ░░░░░░░░ here MOLINA voice over ░░░░░░░░ s all done releasing ░░░░░░░░ greenhouse gases using no ░░░░░░░░ to feed cows ALEXANDER ░░░░░░░░ re like not at ░░░░░░░░ capacity in this facility ░░░░░░░░ voice over And even ░░░░░░░░ we re standing in ░░░░░░░░ factory setting ALEXANDER In ░░░░░░░░ to the carbon footprint ░░░░░░░░ much lower for a ░░░░░░░░ like this right the ░░░░░░░░ footprint is like a ░░░░░░░░ times lower than what ░░░░░░░░ need in traditional agriculture ░░░░░░░░ voice over I know ░░░░░░░░ you re thinking MOLINA ░░░░░░░░ think we need to ░░░░░░░░ this BEIDEN I would ░░░░░░░░ for you to taste ░░░░░░░░ MOLINA voice over How ░░░░░░░░ it taste MOLINA I ░░░░░░░░ butter so I m ░░░░░░░░ take a really healthy ░░░░░░░░ MOLINA voice over Admittedly ░░░░░░░░ like butter MOLINA Cheers ░░░░░░░░ tastes like butter MOLINA ░░░░░░░░ over Another reason they ░░░░░░░░ this makes an impact ░░░░░░░░ palm oil a significant ░░░░░░░░ to deforestation and climate ░░░░░░░░ That s not all ░░░░░░░░ the 51 billion tons ░░░░░░░░ greenhouse gases emitted every ░░░░░░░░ 7 is from the ░░░░░░░░ of fats and oils ░░░░░░░░ animals and plants So ░░░░░░░░ could you get a ░░░░░░░░ yourself Right now they ░░░░░░░░ working directly with restaurants ░░░░░░░░ and food suppliers releasing ░░░░░░░░ chocolates made with their ░░░░░░░░ in time for the ░░░░░░░░ ALEXANDER Saver butter in ░░░░░░░░ its current manifestation or ░░░░░░░░ our partners we expect ░░░░░░░░ to be on the ░░░░░░░░ kind of more like ░░░░░░░░ 2027 MOLINA voice over ░░░░░░░░ teams here in Batavia ░░░░░░░░ and their home lab ░░░░░░░░ in San Jose California ░░░░░░░░ by Bill Gates who ░░░░░░░░ in his blog The ░░░░░░░░ of switching to lab ░░░░░░░░ fats and oils may ░░░░░░░░ strange at first but ░░░░░░░░ potential to significantly reduce ░░░░░░░░ carbon footprint is immense ░░░░░░░░ butter can make a ░░░░░░░░ ALEXANDER This is really ░░░░░░░░ how we feed our ░░░░░░░░ and heal our planet ░░░░░░░░ the same time MOLINA ░░░░░░░░ put more information on ░░░░░░░░ sustainability and how this ░░░░░░░░ impact our food industry ░░░░░░░░ forward in the story ░░░░░░░░ s up on our ░░░░░░░░ right now where you ░░░░░░░░ also find more information ░░░░░░░░ this company Reporting inside ░░░░░░░░ s facility in Batavia ░░░░░░░░ m Tara Molina CBS ░░░░░░░░ Chicago investigators.”