Assumptions

What is included?

General assumptions:

Material

Material is included.

Production

Production is included.

Distribution

Partially, not for all ingredients.

Use

Cooking is not included.

End of life

End of life is not included.

Sources

  1. Recipe from: https://foodhero.org//recipes/tuna-pasta-salad

  2. ifeu - Institut für Energie- und Umweltforschung Heidelberg gGmbH (2020). Ecological footprint of food and dishes in Germany. URL: https://www.ifeu.de/projekt/oekologischer-fussabdruck-von-lebensmitteln-und-gerichten-in-deutschland/

  3. CleanMetrics (2020). Food Carbon Emission Calculator. The underlying data used in the calculator (known as ) come from CarbonScopeData, life-cycle assessment results are generated using our FoodCarbonScope software. URL: http://www.foodemissions.com/foodemissions/Calculator

  4. Colomb, V., Colsaet, A., Ait-Amar, S., Basset-Mens, C., Mevel, G., To, V., ... & Tailleur, A. AGRIBALYSE: the French public LCI database for agricultural products. URL: 10.1051/ocl/20140047

  5. ADEME (2017). French Agence de la transition écologique. AGRIBALYSE: the French public LCI database for agricultural products. URL: https://www.ademe.fr/en/expertise/alternative-approaches-to-production/agribalyse-program

Contributors

Sustainablity researchers making this input possible:

Avatar
Rupa
M.Sc. Environmental & Resource Management, Brandenburg University of Technology
Avatar
Kathie
BA.Sc. Global Sustainable Development, University of Warwick