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Fish fillet, breaded, deepfried

United Kingdom · Cradle to store gate · Any year

Each kilogram of this food counts as 2.81 kg CO₂e up to the shop shelf: 0.575 for agriculture, 0.105 for land-use change, 1.87 for processing, 0.219 for packaging, 0.0347 for transport and 0.000908 for distribution.

Value, cradle to store gate

2.81kgCO₂e/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
United Kingdom GB
Boundary
Cradle to store gate
Data quality
MediumRated by us, not by the source
Licence
Open · CC BY 4.0

Where 2.81 comes from

Σ 2.81: the six parts add up to CONCITO's published total.

Reporting this kilogram under the GHG Protocol

Scope 3, category 1 2.81

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

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Food and agriculture › Animal products · United Kingdom · 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

    Included0.575

  2. Land-use change

    Included0.105

  3. Processing

    Turning the raw produce into the food, at the plant

    Included1.87

  4. Packaging

    Making the packaging the food is sold in

    Included0.219

  5. Transport

    Moving the food from the plant to the retailer

    Included0.0347

  6. Store

    Storage at the warehouse and on the shelf

    Included0.000908

Outside this boundary

  • Use phase
  • Throwing away packaging and leftovers

= 2.81 per kg

From CONCITO's record to a comparable factor

CONCITO publishes this factor as one record with six sub-lines. Here is each field as printed and what open-climate.ai made of it.

The total and its parts

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About this factor

Filed by CONCITO under

Seafood

CONCITO publishes no description for this food.

Source and licence

Publisher
CONCITO
Library
CONCITO v1.2
Record
Ra00100
Published
18 December 2025
Open the record at CONCITO
CC BY 4.0 Open

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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-fish_fillet_breaded-gb-kg-cradle_to_store_gate-5c6e168e/?v=efv1-351e77f510bc220c1bba4ce6bb7d6f2e

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