Processed food emission factors

Food and feed that has undergone at least a first transformation, through to prepared meals: flour and milled cereals, crude and refined vegetable oil, sugar, starch, dairy products, cured and cut meat, canned and frozen goods. From 7 libraries, filed in one model so one publisher's factor compares with another's.

CategoryFood and agriculture
Factors
4,896
Libraries
7
With their own page
22
Units with a page
kg · JPY · CAD
Largest library

3,278 factors, 67%

What the 22 factor pages say

One chart per unit, since a kilogram and a kWh do not compare. Colour is the boundary, what the factor counts; every row also names it.

Cradle to consumerCradle to gateCradle to store gate

Per kg · 12 factor pages

Log scale: each gridline is 10 times the last
From 0.372 (Wheat bran, AGRIBALYSE) to 25 (Burgundy-style beef stew, AGRIBALYSE) kgCO₂e per kg.

Per JPY · 5 factor pages

Linear scale, from 0.001
From 0.00149 (Sugar and confectionery product manufacturing, Open CEDA) to 0.00392 (Snack food manufacturing, Open CEDA) kgCO₂e per JPY.

Per CAD · 2 factor pages

Linear scale, from 0
From 0.0748 (Margarine and cooking oils, OpenIO-Canada) to 0.447 (Bread, rolls and flatbreads, OpenIO-Canada) kgCO₂e per CAD.

Per EUR · 2 factor pages

Linear scale, from 0.5
From 0.711 (Food products nec, EXIOBASE) to 2.51 (Sugar, EXIOBASE) kgCO₂e per EUR.
  • Sugar

    EXIOBASE · Rest of World: Africa (EXIOBASE) · 2019

    Cradle to gate2.51
  • Food products nec

    EXIOBASE · Australia · 2019

    Cradle to gate0.711

Per USD

USEEIO puts Soybean and Other Oilseed Processing at 0.576 kgCO₂e/USD (Cradle to store gate, 2023), the only factor page in this unit.

Source: the published factor pages, catalogue version 591.

Who publishes these factors

7 libraries publish them. Each name opens the library's page.

Open CEDA (3,278) and AGRIBALYSE (881) hold 85% of them; the other 5 publish the rest (737).

Source: open-climate.ai catalogue, version 591, coverage summed over libraries.

Every factor page

Sorted by library. Each factor is also on its library's page.

ActivityLibraryRegionBoundaryValueYear
Almond cakeAGRIBALYSEFranceCradle to consumer4.47 kgCO₂e/kg2020
Baby food jar with vegetables, from 4-6 monthsAGRIBALYSEFranceCradle to consumer1.21 kgCO₂e/kg2020
Boiled meat with vegetablesAGRIBALYSEFranceCradle to consumer17.7 kgCO₂e/kg2020
Burgundy-style beef stewAGRIBALYSEFranceCradle to consumer25 kgCO₂e/kg2020
Dairy dessert for baby, custard typeAGRIBALYSEFranceCradle to consumer2.49 kgCO₂e/kg2020
FructoseAGRIBALYSEFranceCradle to consumer1.92 kgCO₂e/kg2020
Lasagna or cannelloni with fishAGRIBALYSEFranceCradle to consumer4.09 kgCO₂e/kg2020
Pop-corn or popped maize, with caramelAGRIBALYSEFranceCradle to consumer1.73 kgCO₂e/kg2020
Saccharin sweetenerAGRIBALYSEFranceCradle to consumer0.746 kgCO₂e/kg2020
Shepherd's pie with duck, cookedAGRIBALYSEFranceCradle to consumer3.6 kgCO₂e/kg2020
Tomato sauce, w mushrooms, prepackedAGRIBALYSEFranceCradle to consumer1.77 kgCO₂e/kg2020
Wheat branAGRIBALYSEFranceCradle to consumer0.372 kgCO₂e/kg2020
Food products necEXIOBASEAustraliaCradle to gate0.711 kgCO₂e/EUR2019
SugarEXIOBASERest of World: Africa (EXIOBASE)Cradle to gate2.51 kgCO₂e/EUR2019
Bread and bakery product manufacturingOpen CEDAPhilippinesCradle to gate0.00215 kgCO₂e/JPY2025
Cookie, cracker, pasta, and tortilla manufacturingOpen CEDAChileCradle to gate0.00179 kgCO₂e/JPY2025
Ice cream and frozen dessert manufacturingOpen CEDASloveniaCradle to gate0.00217 kgCO₂e/JPY2025
Snack food manufacturingOpen CEDAFijiCradle to gate0.00392 kgCO₂e/JPY2025
Sugar and confectionery product manufacturingOpen CEDASwedenCradle to gate0.00149 kgCO₂e/JPY2025
Bread, rolls and flatbreadsOpenIO-CanadaSaskatchewanCradle to gate0.447 kgCO₂e/CAD2022
Margarine and cooking oilsOpenIO-CanadaYukonCradle to gate0.0748 kgCO₂e/CAD2022
Soybean and Other Oilseed ProcessingUSEEIOUnited StatesCradle to store gate0.576 kgCO₂e/USD2023

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