Moo-ve over, cows, there's a "better" butter

What if butter didn't come from cows, or even plants? Meet Savor, a biotech startup in Illinois that's making rich, creamy butter entirely from air and water. Using carbon dioxide and hydrogen as their building blocks, they've engineered fat molecules identical to dairy—all without a single animal or crop. It's futuristic food tech with a delicious goal: reducing the environmental footprint of butter by nearly 1,000 times. Chocolates made with this planet-friendly fat could hit shelves by the holidays, with full butter rolls out by 2027. Bill Gates backs lab-made carbon butter than tastes like real butter; here's how it is made and what makes it special (Times of India, Aug 15, 2025) Homemade Butter (Justine Doiron, Jan 29, 2022) How to Make Butter — The Victorian Way (English Heritage, May 24, 2019) Instagram: @condensedsouppodcast [email protected]