ABSTRACT
Almost all predictions of the future have man dining on a meal or pill of "synthetic foods''. In man's perpetual struggle against hunger, no idea is more intriguing - or intricate -than the chemical or biological synthesis of all the components in a nutritionally complete food. Yet, the concept is not that far-fetched. With the remarkable developments in organic chemical technology, there is a considerable background of knowledge and commercial synthesis of many individual nutrients. No wonder, that McPherson 1-3 and Pyke,4 who have reviewed questions of the urgent need for and the feasibility of producing synthetic foods, argue for a large world-wide development effort.
