488.    ----------------.[CHAUX, R.]  Butter From Coal.  Vol. 54, 1946, pp. 602-603.

                  The Imhausen plant at Witten, Germany, has stepped up the operation of making butter from paraffin to 350 tons per mo.  The paraffin is first oxidized and then heated to extract the fatty acids, which are used to make butter or soap.  For butter, the fatty acid is redistilled and glycerin and carotin are added.  From 100 tons of paraffin, 80 tons of fatty acids are produced, enough to make 40 tons of butter or soap.  For soap, the fatty acids are not redistilled, but soda is added.  The butter produced by the Imhausen method, which contains no acetone, is the only butter that can be eaten safely by diabetics.