I mention this because while I was eating a bag of those Fridge Raider chicken bites I noticed that one of the ingredients was palm oil. From what I can gather a lot of food stuffs seem to be using palm oil (sometimes labelled as vegetable oil I believe) now as one of the main ingredients. Now I'd call myself uneducated in the whole palm oil issue. I do know that there's a lot of controversy over it, mainly becuase of the deforestation beign caused by it (?) but I've also heard it's being used in the production of biofuel which is meant to be the fuel of the future. Could someone clarify the issue because there seem to be lots on conflicting reports on it. Thanks H_E [;)] edit: (I think there was something in BBC wildlife a while back but I can't seem to find the article in the magazines I've kept.) Hi, don't know whether I am going to clarify the whole issue, but I think I can make some comments that can be the basis of some thought. As you say, palm oil is an issue with respects to deforestation, therefore, care needs to be exercised when planning a palm oil plantation. This can have the effect of fragmenting the forest and so reducing the transit opportunities for forest specialists. Also, as a side point, any monoculture brings its own problems in terms of "pests" and disease to the producer. As far as biofuels are concerned