Comparative life cycle assessment of plant and beef-based patties, including carbon opportunity costs
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Yn: Sustainable Production and Consumption, Cyfrol 28, 10.2021, t. 936-952.
Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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T1 - Comparative life cycle assessment of plant and beef-based patties, including carbon opportunity costs
AU - Saget, Sophie
AU - Porto Costa, Marcela
AU - Santos, Carla Sancho
AU - Vasconcelos, Marta
AU - Styles, David
AU - Williams, Mike
PY - 2021/10
Y1 - 2021/10
N2 - Legume-derived foods have been shown to have comparatively low greenhouse gas (GHG) intensities whilst providing high amounts of nutrients. However, processing legumes into meat analogues can incur significant energy costs. Here, we undertake a comprehensive life cycle assessment of plant-based and (Brazilian and Irish) beef burger patties. Sixteen impact categories are supplemented with the carbon opportunity cost of land occupation, and benchmarked against nutrient density units (NDU) to provide holistic evidence on the potential contribution of plant-based patties to environmentally-sustainable nutritional density. Plant-based patties have a smaller environmental footprint across most categories, including a 77% smaller climate change burden, but incur 8% more energy use compared with Brazilian beef patties. Normalised scores (person equivalents) were significantly larger (p
AB - Legume-derived foods have been shown to have comparatively low greenhouse gas (GHG) intensities whilst providing high amounts of nutrients. However, processing legumes into meat analogues can incur significant energy costs. Here, we undertake a comprehensive life cycle assessment of plant-based and (Brazilian and Irish) beef burger patties. Sixteen impact categories are supplemented with the carbon opportunity cost of land occupation, and benchmarked against nutrient density units (NDU) to provide holistic evidence on the potential contribution of plant-based patties to environmentally-sustainable nutritional density. Plant-based patties have a smaller environmental footprint across most categories, including a 77% smaller climate change burden, but incur 8% more energy use compared with Brazilian beef patties. Normalised scores (person equivalents) were significantly larger (p
KW - Plant protein
KW - Meat analogues
KW - Nutrient density unit
KW - Diet change
KW - Climate change
KW - Sustainable food
U2 - 10.1016/j.spc.2021.07.017
DO - 10.1016/j.spc.2021.07.017
M3 - Article
VL - 28
SP - 936
EP - 952
JO - Sustainable Production and Consumption
JF - Sustainable Production and Consumption
SN - 2352-5509
ER -