Palm oil: the hidden ingredient

Whether you know it or not, palm oil is almost certainly a part of your life.

Your shampoo, your ice cream, your margarine – and now even your biofuel – all contain this popular vegetable oil. But with palm oil increasingly associated with deforestation, there's a huge effort to make production more sustainable in countries such as Indonesia and Malaysia. This week environment examines whether palm oil should be given the 'green'' light.