Free flowing aqueous dispersions of non water soluble paraffin hydrocarbons and fats that melt at 30.degree. to 100.degree. C., the dispersions containing up to 60 weight percent of these substances, are produced by using as dispersant up to 1 weight percent of non-ionic surface active ethylene oxide addition products with an HLB value between 12 and 19.6. Preferred dispersions contain 30 to 50 weight percent of fatty alcohols, and, as a dispersant, the products of addition of 20 to 100 moles of ethylene oxide to a fatty alcohol with 16 to 22 carbon atoms, the amount of dispersant being 0.1 to 0.5 weight percent relative to the whole dispersion.