Screening life cycle assessment (LCA) of tomato ketchup: a case study

Andersson, Karin; Ohlsson, Thomas; Olsson, Pär

doi:10.1016/s0959-6526(98)00027-4

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“…Although the application of LCA is most prevalent at the level of a single product or a single business, its use to quantify the environmental impacts of a whole 'products category' is not an uncommon practice. In particular, in a food business context where the qualification systems of the product, often involving many producers, are committed to meeting preconceived requirements according to pre-set specifications, as in this case study, LCA can be a viable technique for determining environmental thresholds (Andersson et al, 1998;Carlsson-Kanyama, 2009;Cellura et al, 2012;Milà I Canals et al, 2009;Mouron et al, 2006). Several LCA studies have been conducted in the production of fresh produce in the EU and especially in Italy, to provide a tool to address local policies for improving their sustainability along the supply chain.…”

Section: Lca Of the Chains Of Strawberry And Berry Fruitsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Green marketing tools for fruit growers associated groups: application of the Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) for strawberries and berry fruits ecobranding in northern Italy

Peano

Baudino

Tecco

et al. 2015

Journal of Cleaner Production

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Section: Lca Of the Chains Of Strawberry And Berry Fruitsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Green marketing tools for fruit growers associated groups: application of the Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) for strawberries and berry fruits ecobranding in northern Italy

Peano

Baudino

Tecco

et al. 2015

Journal of Cleaner Production

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“…Energy utilization is accompanied with the emission of the greenhouse gases [35,36,37]. Therefore, any improvement in the energy and exergy efficiency pertinent to their production will not only reduce the energy budget only, but also decrease the environmental cost.…”

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Assessment of the energy and exergy efficiencies of farm to fork grain cultivation and bread making processes in Turkey and Germany

Değerli

Nazir

Sorgüven

et al. 2015

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Energy and exergy efficiencies of the wheat and rye bread and hamburger bun making processes are assessed based on data from Turkey and Germany. Amount of the land required to produce the same amount of wheat in Turkey is 3.34 times of that required in Germany; this ratio is 2.30 for the rye grain. These results show that the efficiency of the conversion of the solar energy into the grain mass is low in Turkey. Cumulative degree of perfection (CDP) for the wheat and the rye grain production is 3.73 and 4.96 in Turkey, and 11.26 and 10.46 in Germany. Specific energy utilization for rye bread production is almost the same in Turkey and Germany; but it is 12 % higher in Turkey for wheat bread and hamburger bun making. Hamburger bun production requires the maximum energy utilization due to the higher weight loss in baking. The rye bread production process requires the minimum energy utilization due to the lower energy input in the agriculture and higher efficiency in the flour production. The maximum exergy destructions occur during the milling and the baking steps.Keywords: Bread making, energy efficiency, exergy efficiency, carbon dioxide emission Correspondence: mozilgen@yeditepe.edu.tr 2 Highlights• Agriculture determines the energy and exergy efficiency of bread making• Conversion efficiency of the solar energy into grain mass is lower in Turkey• The smallest energy and exergy is needed for the rye bread making• The largest energy and exergy is needed for the hamburger bun making• Energy efficiency per mass of bread production is 12 % higher in Germany 3

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“…There are studies that explicitly investigate the advantageous environmental performance of different organic cultures compared to conventional farming practices (Lindenthal et al 2010;Meisterling et al 2009). Some research has been conducted to systematically compare the environmental burdens resulting from the entire tomato supply chain to the retailer in a manner that integrates agricultural production, including its upstream requirements, with those of the transport chains (Roy et al 2008;Sim et al 2007;Blanke and Burdick 2005;Andersson et al 1998).…”

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Contrasted greenhouse gas emissions from local versus long-range tomato production

Theurl¹,

Haberl²,

Erb³

et al. 2013

Agron. Sustain. Dev.

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Transport from regional production requires less fossil fuel and thus produces lower greenhouse gas emissions. In addition, policies fostering the production of regional goods support rural development. Tomato consumption has increased fast in Europe over the last decade. Intensive production techniques such as heated greenhouses and long-distance transport overcome seasonal constraints in order to provide year-round fresh goods. However, studies that evaluate seasonal and off-season production are scarce. Here, we analyzed the carbon footprint of tomato production systems in Austria, Spain, and Italy using a life cycle approach. We collected data from four main supply chains ending at the point of sale in an average Austrian supermarket. We aimed to identify hotspots of greenhouse gas emissions from agricultural production, heating, packaging, processing, and transport. Our results show that imported tomatoes from Spain and Italy have two times lower greenhouse gas emissions than those produced in Austria in capital-intensive heated systems. On the contrary, tomatoes from Spain and Italy were found to have 3.7 to 4.7 times higher greenhouse gas emissions in comparison to less-intensive organic production systems in Austria. Therefore, greenhouse gas emissions from tomato production highly depend on the production system such as the prevalence or absence of heating.

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Screening life cycle assessment (LCA) of tomato ketchup: a case study

Cited by 128 publications

References 4 publications

Green marketing tools for fruit growers associated groups: application of the Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) for strawberries and berry fruits ecobranding in northern Italy

Green marketing tools for fruit growers associated groups: application of the Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) for strawberries and berry fruits ecobranding in northern Italy

Assessment of the energy and exergy efficiencies of farm to fork grain cultivation and bread making processes in Turkey and Germany

Contrasted greenhouse gas emissions from local versus long-range tomato production

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