532.    ---------------.  [CHEMICAL TRADE JOURNAL AND CHEMICAL ENGINEER.] Synthetic Fats.  Vol. 105, 1939, pp. 235-236.

                  It is reported that Germany is to embark on large-scale production of synthetic edible fats made from glycerin and the acids obtained from Fischer-Tropsch wax.  It is assumed that the glycerin would be synthesized from propylene.  The synthetic product would differ from the natural fats primarily in that the component synthetic acids have both odd and even numbers of C atoms.  These synthetic fats appear to be assimilated without any physiological disturbance to the human system.