From Carbon to “Butter”: When Food Stops Being Food

First it was Apeel, the plant-based food coating backed by Bill Gates to “extend produce shelf life.” Now, it’s butter made from… carbon. The tech world’s obsession with reengineering food is in full swing — and every step seems to move us further from nutrient-dense, ancestral foods and closer to lab experiments on our plates.

Savor, a Gates-backed startup, claims to have cracked the code on making butter from carbon dioxide and hydrogen. No cows, no pastures, just lab-built fat molecules designed to mimic dairy butter’s structure and flavor. They pitch it as a sustainability win — reduced greenhouse gases, no animal agriculture — but history tells us: engineered food replacements rarely match the complexity (or long-term benefits) of the real thing. Chocolates made with this “carbon butter” are expected to hit test markets within the next couple of years, with retail butter planned for 2027.
And this isn’t Gates’ first food intervention: Apeel (his edible coating for produce) sparked controversy for inserting another layer of industrial processing between people and their food.

Our new reel dismantles the most common arguments defending seed oils, one by one. From “they’re just plant-based fats” to “there’s no evidence they’re harmful,” we explain why these claims don’t hold up.

Here’s the thing about fats: they’re not just fuel. They form the membranes of your cells, regulate hormones, and feed your brain. Swap them out for lab-created versions, and you’re not just changing flavor, you’re altering the raw materials your body is built from.

Industrial fats like seed oils have already reshaped human health in one generation, driving inflammation, metabolic dysfunction, and chronic disease. Now, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is openly urging Americans to stop eating seed oils — a massive public signal that the tide may be turning. The question: will we replace them with real, time-tested fats… or with the next synthetic experiment?

If you’re cutting out ultra-processed foods, start with what you cook in. We recommend Fatworks Goat Milk Ghee — minimally processed, nutrient-rich, and free from industrial seed oils. Real food, real flavor, nothing fake.

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— The SeedOil.com Team