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Emission factor from CONCITO v1.2

Cocoa, instant, without milk, powder

France · Cradle to store gate · Any year

Each kilogram of this food counts as 17.5 kg CO₂e up to the shop shelf: 15.2 for agriculture, 2.59 for land-use change, −5.14 for processing, 3.92 for packaging, 0.832 for transport and 0.0295 for distribution.

Value, cradle to store gate

17.5kgCO₂e/kg

Net total: fossil, biogenic and land use · GWP100 · AR5

FossilBio CH₄Land useBio CO₂full carbon balance

One value, for any year

CONCITO sets no date window, so there is no year to pick.

Reference year 2024

Region
France FR
Boundary
Cradle to store gate
Data quality
MediumRated by us, not by the source
Licence
Open · CC BY 4.0

Where 17.5 comes from

Σ 17.5: the six parts add up to CONCITO's published total.

Reporting this kilogram under the GHG Protocol

Scope 3, category 1 17.5

Goods and services you buy are Scope 3, category 1, purchased goods and services.

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Food and agriculture › Beverages · France · per kg · Average

Cradle to store gate · Net total · AR5

Boundary
Cradle to store gate
Raw materials, inbound transport, fuel supply, manufacturing, packaging, purchased energy, outbound transport, retail, recycling credit, capital goods, overheads and services and imported inputs
GWP method
IPCC AR5, 100-year horizon
Not on the record; set from CONCITO's method notes
CO₂e basis
Net totalFossilBio CH₄Land useBio CO₂full carbon balance
Split by carbon origin, not by gas
Life cycle
Upstream: coveredProduction: coveredDownstream: partly coveredEnd of life: not covered

Medium quality · Open licence · Any year

What this number covers

The path of one kilogram of this food, from the farm to the shop shelf. Every step on it is counted.

  1. Farm

    Growing the crops or raising the animals, with their feed and fertiliser

    Included15.2

  2. Land-use change

    Included2.59

  3. Processing

    Turning the raw produce into the food, at the plant

    Included−5.14

  4. Packaging

    Making the packaging the food is sold in

    Included3.92

  5. Transport

    Moving the food from the plant to the retailer

    Included0.832

  6. Store

    Storage at the warehouse and on the shelf

    Included0.0295

Outside this boundary

  • Use phase
  • Throwing away packaging and leftovers

= 17.5 per kg

From CONCITO's record to a comparable factor

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About this factor

Filed by CONCITO under

Beverages

CONCITO publishes no description for this food.

Source and licence

Publisher
CONCITO
Library
CONCITO v1.2
Record
Ra00061
Published
18 December 2025
Open the record at CONCITO
CC BY 4.0 Open

The values and their metadata are served in full and may be reused with credit to the publisher.

Credit it with this lineThe Big Climate Database v1.2, CONCITO / 2.-0 LCA consultants, CC BY 4.0
A plain reading of the licence, not legal advice. The licence text prevails.

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The Big Climate Database v1.2, CONCITO / 2.-0 LCA consultants, CC BY 4.0. Normalised by open-climate.ai, https://open-climate.ai/factors/libraries/concito/ (CC BY 4.0). https://open-climate.ai/factors/ef-concito-cocoa_instant_without-fr-kg-cradle_to_store_gate-8eda54f8/?v=efv1-b0ae4c37cc431e9354d3e1c8152ede44

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