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This fermented cooking oil could replace vegetable oil

The same process used to make beer is now being applied to brew cooking oil — and the result is healthier and more sustainable than the vegetable oils we use today.

The challenge: Just 100 years ago, vegetable oils were practically nonexistent in the human diet. Today, they’re a major part of it: 740 million acres — an area that would cover 90% of India — are dedicated to growing soybeans, palm trees, and other oilseed crops.

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 Forget olive oil. This new cooking oil is made using fermentation and requires 99% less water to produce

Conventional vegetable oils lead to devastating deforestation. Zero Acre’s first cooking oil is made by fermentation instead.

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Vegetable oils have been linked to widespread health and environmental issues yet they’re in everything we eat. We’re here to change that.