Possible Clues:

• Soap ingredient
• Major ingredient in Nutella
• Tropical-tree source of saturated fats
• Handy lubricant?
• China second with extremely illegal bribe
• Ingredient in Nutella
• Fat source from a tree
• Vegetable product used in food manufacturing, beauty products, and as biofuel.
• Controversial vegetable extract favoured by food manufacturers
• Substance in soaps