Name: Eggs (barn) - barn
Creator: WRAP (Waste and Resources Action Programme)
License: https://www.wrap.ngo/terms-conditions

Value, cradle to farm gate

3.45kgCO₂e/kg

Net total: fossil, biogenic and land use · GWP100 · GWP vintage not stated

One value, for any year

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

Reference year 2020

Region: United Kingdom GB
Boundary: Cradle to farm gate
Data quality: LowNo reason given by the publisher
Licence: Open · WRAP terms

Where 3.45 comes from

Raw materials and inputs
Scope 3, cat. 12.2264.3%
Agriculture
Scope 3, cat. 11.2335.7%

Σ 3.45: the two parts add up to WRAP's published total.

Reporting this kilogram under the GHG Protocol

Scope 3, category 1 3.45

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

Category: Food and agriculture › Animal products; Browse it to compare every publisher's factors
Activity: Eggs (barn) - barn; WRAP: Eggs (barn)
Region: United KingdomGB; WRAP: UK
Per unit: kg; Published as kg eggs; no conversion needed
Data type: Average; No supplier named
Classified as: WRAP product classification (GS1 GPC names)Eggs/Eggs Substitutes › In Shell Table Eggs

Cradle to farm gate · Net total

Boundary: Cradle to farm gate; Raw materials
GWP method: Not stated by the publisher
CO₂e basis: Net total; Not split by gas; CO₂e only
Life cycle: Upstream: coveredProduction: partly coveredDownstream: not coveredEnd of life: not covered

Low quality · Open licence · Any year

Data quality: Low; No reason given by the publisher
Applies to: Any year; Reference year 2020 · one value; WRAP sets no date window
Origin: Printed by WRAP; Total and parts as published; nothing estimated
Licence: Open · WRAP's terms of use; Free to reuse, with attribution

What this number covers

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

Farm
Growing the crops or raising the animals, with their feed and fertiliser
Included2.22
Farm
Growing the crops or raising the animals, with their feed and fertiliser
Included1.23

Outside this boundary

Manufacturing
Packaging
Outbound transport
Retail
Use phase
Throwing away packaging and leftovers

= 3.45 per kg

From WRAP's record to a comparable factor

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

WRAP fields and their standardised form
WRAP field	As printed		Served as
Name and location	Eggs (barn) · UK	→	Eggs (barn) - barn · United Kingdom, GB
Category	Eggs/Eggs Substitutes > In Shell Table Eggs	→	Food and agriculture › Animal products
Boundary	Cradle to Farm Gate	→	Cradle to farm gate
Total	3.45	→	3.45 kgCO₂e/kg, cradle to farm gate
Raw materials and inputs	2.22	→	2.22 kgCO₂e/kg
Agriculture	1.23	→	1.23 kgCO₂e/kg
Unit	kg eggs	→	per kg
Publication date	28/03/2024	→	Published 28 March 2024; applies to any year

Checks this factor passed

The two parts add up to the total.
Unit, region and boundary mapped to fixed code lists.

How we standardise every library

The total and its parts

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You are here · the totalEggs (barn), barn, cradle to farm gate3.45

Raw materials and inputs2.22
Agriculture1.23

Every value here is printed by WRAP.

About this factor

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Where it applies

Applicable region as published by WRAP: UK.

Source and licence

Publisher: WRAP (Waste and Resources Action Programme)
Library: WRAP v2.0
Published: 28 March 2024

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UK Food & Drink Emission Factors Database v2.0, WRAP (Waste and Resources Action Programme). Normalised by open-climate.ai, https://open-climate.ai/factors/libraries/wrap/ (CC BY 4.0). https://open-climate.ai/factors/ef-wrap-eggs_barn_barn-gb-kg-cradle_to_farm_gate-33b5056d/?v=efv1-50788476ae0fcd1b38af146572dedbd9

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