This further along in the UK, but the FDA has approved it over here in the US. What could go wrong with a chemical that affects the gut microbiome of cattle, and how will that translate into the healthiness of the meat? Of course they say it’s safe, but at this point do any of us believe the supposed experts who have shown themselves to be captured by megacorp interests? It’s a great scam, create a product for the hoax of global warming, and get consumers to pay for it. Yet another OCGFC wealth transfer scheme that will probably leave us less healthy so they can extract wealth in their main scam, the medical and pharmaceutical wealth transfer scheme. We need the Rapture soon, as these oligarchs are making it hard to stay healthy.
3-Nitrooxypropanol
3-Nitrooxypropanol, abbreviated 3-NOP or 3NOP, is an organic compound with the formula HOCH2CH2CH2ONO2. It is the mononitrate ester of 1,3-propanediol. The compound is an inhibitor of the enzyme methyl coenzyme M reductase (MCR). MCR catalyzes the final step in methanogenesis. When it is fed to ruminants, their methane production is diminished. Chemical formula :C₃H₉NO₅
Morrisons, Tesco and Aldi say it’s a ‘great way of testing’ how to reduce methane emissions
By Hannah Boland
Article summary
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- Arla is trialling a synthetic feed additive, Bovaer, with major supermarkets to reduce methane emissions from dairy cows by 27pc.
- The initiative has faced backlash from consumers concerned about additives, despite approval from the UK’s Food Standards Agency.
- Retail analysts highlight the challenge of convincing shoppers to prioritise sustainability over animal welfare in their purchasing decisions.
Europe’s biggest dairy company is facing a backlash after giving cows a synthetic additive to their feed in an attempt to cut their methane emissions.
Arla, which makes brands including Lurpak butter and Cravendale milk, said it was working with Morrisons, Tesco and Aldi to trial giving cows the additive Bovaer.
Thirty of Arla’s 9,000 farmers will test how the additives can be introduced into normal feeding routines, with the aim of then rolling Bovaer out more broadly.
Arla said Bovaer had been found to reduce methane emissions from cows by around 27pc.
Morrisons, Tesco and Aldi said it was a “great way of testing out where we can drive change at scale to bring down emissions”.
However, the announcement sparked a backlash on social media, with some shoppers raising concerns about the use of additives in their groceries.
Some went as far as to say they would no longer shop at supermarkets involved in the trial, while others urged the grocers to label any products which may have come from the farms using the additive.
There is no suggestion that the additive is not safe for consumers, with the UK’s Food Standard Agency having approved it for use.
The regulator also said that Bovaer poses “an acceptable” risk to the environment.
Customers have no ‘strong connection’ to net zero
The backlash will be seen as an indication of the challenges facing supermarkets as they race to meet net zero, with Tesco, Morrisons and Aldi all vowing to be carbon neutral by 2035.
Clive Black, a retail analyst at Shore Capital, said supermarkets still faced a challenge in convincing customers of the merits of net zero: “Not many shoppers really are making choices about the groceries they buy on the basis of sustainability. There is a stronger connection to aspects like animal welfare, but not net zero.”
However, he said it was good for supermarkets to be embracing these eco-friendly initiatives, particularly given anti-meat and anti-dairy campaigners were using green claims to attack the livestock industry.
It comes as billions of pounds are being pumped into efforts to reduce methane emissions from cows.
In 2022, Frans Timmermans, the vice president of the European Commission, said tackling methane emissions would be “the cheapest and fastest way to slow down global warming”.
Over 100 countries have pledged to reduce their methane emissions by 30pc by the end of the decade
Jeff Bezos, Amazon’s billionaire founder, recently donated $9.4m (£7.8m) to a project at the Pirbright Institute in Surrey, which is working on a vaccine that will reduce the amount of methane-producing microbes in the cows’ stomachs.
Meanwhile, Norwegian company N2 Applied has designed a plasma gun to fire artificial lightning at cow dung to reduce the methane.