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Table 4
Overview of the greenhouse gas emissions connected to the production of different types of
milk products
Greenhouse gas emissions [kg CO2e/kg]
Product Conventional agriculture Organic agriculture Source
Butter 27,59 23,52 FiBL 2009
Yoghurt 0,838 0,734 FiBL 2009
Yoghurt with strawberry 1,186 1,042 FiBL 2009
Camembert 7,210 6,139 FiBL 2009
Beef 15,54 12,25 IÖW 2008
Pork 3,07 2,07 IÖW 2008
Agriculture versus food processing – life cycle view
The life cycle view of food also includes processing. At current status, only a restricted
number of data sets on food processing is available. Therefore, general conclusions are not
possible. The following table shows some examples of processed food. In general it is
important to state that a carbon label would be misleading if it would not contain precombustion
from agriculture (see example “Lasagne” below) as these processes proved to
contribute significantly to the overall PCF of a food product. On the other side, the use phase
must be included, especially if one wants to compare convenient products (see example
industrial bread below) with home-made food (see example of home baking bread below). It
would be unfair and misleading to include production in the plant on the one hand but not the
preparation at consumers’ home.
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