Yellow
cheese; with quotas
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Node cut-off: 1.5% |
Figure 1:Market based product chain diagram for yellow cheese covering the most important processes in terms of contribution to global warming. Boxes refer to production processes. Names of grey boxes refer to the main product of the processes. Red arrows represent material or energy transfer between two processes; green arrows represent saved material or energy transfer as a result of displacements; green lines represent displacements and red lines represent avoided displacements. Further details can be found in the LCA model. |
The table below shows potential environmental impacts associated with cheese demand ex dairy and ex retail. All data are provided per kg of cheese.
Impact category
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Unit | Ex dairy |
Ex retail |
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Conventional |
Organic |
Conventional |
Organic |
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Global warming |
g CO2-eq. |
130 |
|
180 |
|
Acidification |
g SO2-eq. |
-4.3 |
|
-3.9 |
|
Nutrient enrichment | g NO3-eq. | -49 | -48 | ||
Photochemical smog | g ethene eq. | 0.02 | 0.07 | ||
Land use | m2 year | -1.8 | -1.8 |
Location in database: Material/Food from industery/Food from dairies/cheese or Material/Food from supermarket/Milk counter/Cheese |
References