Det blev fremstillet af en blanding af oksetalg og kemiske substanser under kontrol af den italienske mafia, men det blev især markedsført af virksomheder i Frankrig, og til dels ad omveje, f.eks. via et firma i London, for at sløre denne stort anlagte svindel yderligere og slette sporene.
This mixture of beef suet and chemical substances was produced under the control of the Mafia in Italy, but was marketed primarily by companies in France, and to some extent, and rather circuitously, through a firm in London, in order to conceal this major fraud even further and erase any leads.