Does tofu destroy the rainforest? 🔥 🌳?

No

and neither do any other soy-based food products (soy milk, soy sausages, soy burgers, etc.). It is true that soy farming is an important cause of the deforestation of South-American rainforests. However, less than 2% of the global soy production is used to produce soy-based food. The other 98% are used in the food industry of to feed livestock. The food industry uses 16% of the global soy bean production in the form of oil to produce ready-made food. The livestock industry uses 77% to feed their animals. The boxes below illustrate the different scales (1 box = 1 percent):

• Economics of Soybean Production, Marketing, and Utilization by Peter D. Goldsmith published in Soybeans Chemistry, Production, Processing, and Utilization (2008), pages 117-150
• Crops that Feed the World 2. Soybean—Worldwide Production, Use, and Constraints Caused by Pathogens and Pests by Glen L Hartman, Ellen D West, Theresa K Herman published in the Journal on Food Security (2011), Springer, pages 5-17