In the last year of the war as food supplies were lost or diminished, German scientists worked hard to provide the Germany Army and Waffen SS with synthetic products to sustain them. Some of these methods declassified in the 1950s and tested by the US Army included a completely chemical nutrient substance that had 49 essentials. It came in the form of a brownish gelatinous goo and was supplied in a toothpaste type container that was rolled. About 1” per day mixed with water was suitable to sustain good health. A second synthetic product was German synthetic meat substitute which used beans and vegetable extracts which were fed into a spinning machine that made a fiber strand that was actually woven into a mesh framework like cloth. Fats, colorings, flavorings, and vitamins were then added and the mm thin meat was dried into a form like edible paper/cloth. It could be rolled and so a container was made for it with a tubular insert which was pump tube for a potato mash goo that could be heated to make small cakes. Preparations were being made to issue the new products by the Fall of ‘45 but Germany surrendered in May. The synthetics were taken by the US Army and shipped back home for testing, then sold to food manufacturers for more development. All of the three declassifieds above were modified in the 1950s and were proposed for use with the US armed forces. All were rejected b/c the US had an ample supply of C-RATS! Attempts to sell to foreign nations, even impoverished ones, failed due to the demand for simple beans and rice! No one wanted the nutrient gela-goo, nor the synthetic meat, nor the potatoes in a tube mash (that was tried in aerosol can form too)! FYI…