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30 sats \ 4 replies \ @k00b 24 Sep 2023 \ on: Is it bitcoin or bitcoiners that fix everything? bitcoin
What do you think of Zero Acre Oil?
It's good stuff, very low linoleic, which is the main thing that makes seed oils bad. The question is how cheap can they get it and at what scale. High oleic seed oils have the advantage that they are a drop in solution to an existing industrial process, so they instantly have access to economies of scale.
The other issue Zero Acre will run into is that with such low linoleic, the taste of fried food becomes worse, and I suspect this can be recuperated with a high saturated fat source, for which palm kernel or coconut are the two standout choices. ZeroAcre + 30% coconut or palm kernel is analogous to approach I want to take and I think that could work.
All of these seem like they should be able to supplant avocado and olive oil for home cooking in applications with heat. I will still use lots of butter, ghee, tallow, but all those things will always cost more.
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This stuff is super new. It's some novel organism + a bioreactor and they're pretty hush hush about it afaict.
Shake Shack fries are amazing though and they use this oil too it seems like so.
I think they've only just begun running a pilot at some Shake Shacks, so your Shake Shack fries are still most likely fried in some kind of seed oil blend.
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At the moment they are selling DTC 16 oz bottles for $20-25, which is very expensive.
5 gallon restaurant supply bottles of oil go for $40-45 for the cheap sludge, and $60-65 for the regular high oleic.
The Shake Shack is only a couple locations. I think the low saturated fat AND low linoleic will lead to inferior food taste, and that Shake Shack customers are not their for health. Overall, I am skeptical on them being able to make that leap if they don't boost saturated fat somehow, and even then, market is very price sensitive.
Idk what the economics of bioreactor are like, but my guess is they are just trying to match beef tallow on price.
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