>From the well, now, I didn't know that department: Esbit stands for Erich Schumms Brennstoff in Tablettenform or Erich Schumm's Fuel in Tablets. A quick reading of this MSDS didn't reveal Esbit's VOC, but I get sleepy when I try to read these things. http://zenstoves.net/MSDS/MSDSEsbit.pdf Palomino