Due to the scarcity of food supplies during the occupation period, the authorities distributed many substitute products, including substitute coffee and artificial honey. Since meat was a rare commodity, it was difficult to provide the population with sufficient fat and protein. In 1947 in Berlin, for instance, meat and meat products were only sold two-thirds of the month, and meat substitutes, particularly fish, were sold the rest of the time. The mock liverwurst produced just after the war contained only grain and vegetables.