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No, Bill Gates is not behind the trial of a new methane suppressing drug being trialled on a handful of UK farms. That’s one of the reasons “Boycott Arla” has been trending on socials, with videos on TikTok showing people pouring bottles of the dairy giant’s milk down the sink and throwing its butter brands away in protest. Arla recently announced they would be trialling a new methane-busting supplement in its cow feed on 30 of its farms. Supermarkets Aldi, Tesco and Morrisons are part of the trial.

Bovaer is a feed additive that claims to reduce methane emissions to help bring down the environmental footprint of meat, milk, and dairy products. Arla, who make some of the supermarkets’ most popular dairy products, says it is trialling the drug that they claim reduces methane emissions from cows by roughly 27%.

It is added to cow food and has been deemed safe by the UK and other authorities around the world – it’s metabolised fully by the cow which means it never actually enters the milk. Methane is the second-largest contributor to global warming after carbon dioxide, so experimenting with ways to bring it down is being seen as a game-changer. But people have made a series of false claims, including accusing Arla of being “woke” over trying to make the dairy industry more environmental.

So what’s Bill Gates got to do with it? Nothing. But he has previously made investments in similar methane-busting feeds, but has no direct links to Bovaer.

barcode wrote: Tue 03 Dec, 2024 10.47is anyone here happy with Bovaer being added to the milk?

WillPS wrote: Tue 03 Dec, 2024 18.21 Bit esorteric, barcode...