They see a drizzle of oil; we see a cascade of possibilities.
The spoon skating the surface of that ice cream?
It’s scooping a wave of change that’s just about to crest.
At Savor, we think the future of our food system depends on those who can see two things at once: the delicious delight of serious purpose, the massive potential of a tiny molecule, the future wrapped inside of the here and now.
And above all, a world where we use less to make more.
Who we are
We are a company made up of scientists and nature lovers who are trying to build a sustainable economy. But we're also home cooks, parents (of humans, pets, and plants), and roller-skating enthusiasts who believe in a future where we all enjoy the foods we love without consuming our planet.
Founded in 2022, we’re headquartered San Jose, California, where we are constantly thinking about how to make a more delicious, resilient future with every bite.
FAQ
Life on Earth is carbon-based, meaning both we and the food we eat are made of carbon. At Savor, we use carbon in its simplest forms—gases like carbon dioxide or methane. These gases are transformed using heat and pressure into carbon chains, which are then turned into fatty acids (the building blocks of fats and oils) and eventually into fats.
By starting directly with carbon gases, we bypass the lengthy, natural process which requires carbon to be captured by plants, for animals to eat those plants and for humans to then harvest, transform and refine them into fats. All of this uses huge amounts of land and water, requires an extensive supply chain, and releases substantial amounts of greenhouse gases in the process.
The fats we produce are chemically identical to the fat we already eat, just in varying concentrations – they are the same fuel for your body as the fats you already consume every day. Our fats can be used in ingredients just like conventional fats. The finished products that use our fats as ingredients are indistinguishable from products that use animal or plant-based fats.
We produce a higher concentration of both medium-chain and odd-chain fatty acids as compared to the fatty acid compositions that are in most agricultural fats. Both medium- and odd-chain fatty acids have been associated with positive health outcomes, and we are pursuing nutritional studies to learn more about the potential health benefits of our fats.
Scalability and flexibility make Savor’s fat solutions uniquely positioned to meet industry needs. Our ability to match the performance of animal fats, dairy fats, vegetable oils, tropical fats, as well as specialty oils used in the cosmetics industry – all with the same technological platform – sets us apart. Our position in the broader energy ecosystem and our flexibility in terms of feedstock are also key differentiators.
We plan to substantiate our claims and calculations with a third-party lifecycle assessment (also known as an LCA), but in the meantime, our co-founders published an article in a highly reputable peer-reviewed scientific journal explaining why our approach can be more sustainable than traditional agriculture. You can read the Nature Sustainability paper here.
Our process has a greenhouse gas reduction potential of at least 70% when compared to coconut oil or palm oil production. It could be as high as 98-100%—and even more if land rewilding programs are started on the acres saved from having to produce agricultural plant and animal fats. That means our approach could be carbon-neutral, or even carbon-negative while also slowing down or stopping the deforestation that is inherently associated with the agriculture industry.
