Value, cradle to store gate

3.39kgCO₂e/kg

Biogenic CO₂ and land use excluded · GWP100 · AR5

FossilBio CH₄Land useBio CO₂GHG Protocol and IPCC inventories

One value, for any year

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

Reference year 2024

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

Where 3.39 comes from

Cradle to distribution gate
Scope 3, cat. 13.3197.6%

3.31 of it sits inside the total, 3.39, and is never added to it. The other 0.0805 is not published as a part of its own.

Reporting this kilogram under the GHG Protocol

Scope 3, category 1 3.39

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

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Food and agriculture › Processed food · Netherlands · per kg · Average

Category: Food and agriculture › Processed food; Browse it to compare every publisher's factors
Activity: Maize oil - Ambient (average) | PET bottle, non returnable; RIVM: Maize oil | Ambient (average) | PET bottle, non returnable | at supermarket/NL Economic
Region: NetherlandsNL; Not on the record; set from RIVM's coverage
Per unit: kg; Published as kg CO2 eq/kg; no conversion needed
Data type: Average; No supplier named
Classified as: NEVO food codes (Nederlands Voedingsstoffenbestand)608 Oil corn
RIVM food groups (Voedingsmiddelengroep-indeling)Gemengd › Vetten en olien

Cradle to store gate · Excl. biogenic CO₂ · AR5

Boundary: Cradle to store gate; Raw materials, manufacturing, packaging, outbound transport and retail
GWP method: IPCC AR5, 100-year horizon; Not on the record; set from RIVM's method notes · impact method ReCiPe 2016 Midpoint (H)
CO₂e basis: Excl. biogenic CO₂FossilBio CH₄Land useBio CO₂GHG Protocol and IPCC inventories; Not split by gas; CO₂e only
Life cycle: Upstream: coveredProduction: coveredDownstream: partly coveredEnd of life: not covered

Medium quality · Open licence · Any year

Data quality: Medium; Rated by us, not by the source
Applies to: Any year; Reference year 2024 · one value; RIVM sets no date window
Origin: Printed by RIVM; Total and parts as published; nothing estimated
Licence: Open · CC BY 4.0; Free to reuse, with attribution

The gates, from the farm to the shop shelf

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Cumulative kgCO₂e per kg at each gate. The axis starts at 3.3 so the later steps show.

Everything up to the distribution gateEverything up to the store gate

Never add the gates togetherEach gate already contains the ones before it: the store gate's 3.39437 includes the distribution gate's 3.31389. Adding both gives 6.71, nearly twice the real footprint. Use one gate, or add the stages.

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.

Cradle to distribution gate
Included3.31

Outside this boundary

Use phase
Throwing away packaging and leftovers

= 3.39 per kg

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RIVM field	As printed		Served as
Record id	608	→	Source record 608, linked below
Name	Maize oil \| Ambient (average) \| PET bottle, non returnable \| at supermarket/NL Economic	→	Maize oil - Ambient (average) \| PET bottle, non returnable
Category	Oil corn	→	Food and agriculture › Processed food
Boundary	tot-en-met-retail	→	Cradle to store gate
Total	3.39437	→	3.39 kgCO₂e/kg, cradle to store gate
Unit	kg CO2 eq/kg	→	per kg
Impact method	ReCiPe 2016 Midpoint (H)	→	AR5, GWP100, from RIVM's method notes
Publication date	23/09/2024	→	Published 23 September 2024; applies to any year

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You are here · the totalMaize oil, ambient (average) | PET bottle, non returnable, cradle to store gate3.39

Cradle to distribution gate3.31389

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About this factor

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Where it applies

Machine-translated

No critical review as specified in ISO 14040 has been carried out on these figures. They must therefore not be used to compare individual foods with each other, such as an apple and a pear; that needs an external review as specified in ISO 14040. Product categories, such as vegetables and fruit, can be compared.

Source and licence

Publisher: Rijksinstituut voor Volksgezondheid en Milieu (RIVM)
Library: RIVM
Record: 608
Published: 23 September 2024

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Credit it with this lineRIVM, Database milieubelasting voedingsmiddelen, versie 23 september 2024 (data: Mérieux NutriSciences | Blonk), CC BY 4.0

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RIVM, Database milieubelasting voedingsmiddelen, versie 23 september 2024 (data: Mérieux NutriSciences | Blonk), CC BY 4.0. Normalised by open-climate.ai, https://open-climate.ai/factors/libraries/rivm/ (CC BY 4.0). https://open-climate.ai/factors/ef-rivm-maize_oil_ambient-nl-kg-cradle_to_store_gate-700af91e/?v=efv1-d506a6f1724829b56ffb3fa860633bea

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Gate	Cumulative	Adds
Distribution	3.31389	Earlier stages
Store▣	3.39437	+0.0804743