Emission factor from WRAP v2.0
Pickled cabbage - conventional
United Kingdom · Cradle to processing gate · Any year
Each kilogram of this food counts as 2.01 kg CO₂e: 0.133 before it leaves the farm, 0.319 for processing, 1.43 for packaging and 0.127 for transport.
Value, cradle to processing gate
2.01kgCO₂e/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 2019
- Region
- United Kingdom GB
- Boundary
- Cradle to processing gate
- Data quality
- MediumNo reason given by the publisher
- Licence
- Open · WRAP terms
Where 2.01 comes from
- Scope 3, cat. 10.1336.6%
- Scope 3, cat. 10.31915.8%
- Scope 3, cat. 11.4371.2%
- Scope 3, cat. 10.1276.3%
Σ 2.01: the four parts add up to WRAP's published total.
Reporting this kilogram under the GHG Protocol
Scope 3, category 1 2.01
Goods and services you buy are Scope 3, category 1, purchased goods and services.
The factor, standardised
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Food and agriculture › Plant products · United Kingdom · per kg · Average
Cradle to processing gate · Net total
- BoundaryCradle to processing gateCradle_to_farm_gate plus processing/transformation. Learn more
- Cradle to processing gate
- Raw materials, manufacturing and packaging
- GWP methodWhich IPCC assessment report's warming potentials convert each gas to CO₂e, and over how many years the warming is counted (GWP100: 100 years). Learn more
- Not stated by the publisher
- CO₂e basisWhich carbon the CO₂e counts. Fossil only leaves out biogenic CO₂ and land use; net total counts every pool, net of removals. The same activity on two bases is two different numbers. Learn more
- Net total
- Not split by gas; CO₂e only
- Life cycle
- Upstream: coveredProduction: partly coveredDownstream: not coveredEnd of life: not covered
Medium quality · Open licence · Any year
The gates, from the farm to the processing plant
Each gate holds everything before it, plus one more stage. Pick the gate where your own accounting starts.
| Gate | Cumulative | Adds |
|---|---|---|
| Farm gate | 0.132786 | Earlier stages |
| Processing▣ | 2.012 | Processing +0.318757 |
Every value as WRAP prints it.
Never add the gates togetherEach gate already contains the ones before it: the processing gate's 2.012 includes the farm gate's 0.132786. Adding both gives 2.14, more than 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 your kitchen. Every step on it is counted.
Cradle to farm gate
Included0.133Processing
Turning the raw produce into the food, at the plant
Included0.319Packaging
Making the packaging the food is sold in
Included1.43Transport
Moving the food from the plant to the retailer
Included0.127
Outside this boundary
- Outbound transport
- Retail
- Use phase
- Throwing away packaging and leftovers
= 2.01 per kg
From WRAP's record to a comparable factor
WRAP publishes this factor as one record with four sub-lines. Here is each field as printed and what open-climate.ai made of it.
The total and its parts
Every gate and stage has its own page.
- Cradle to farm gate0.132786
- Processing0.318757
- Packaging1.43315
- Transport0.127308
About this factor
From WRAP
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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Cite this factor
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-pickled_cabbage-gb-kg-cradle_to_processing_gat-34600de5/?v=efv1-fd308ee9678b5506f1761278d19086ec
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