Asparagus slices

Vegetables and vegetable products

Climate footprint in kg CO2e/kg

CO2e per kg
1,56
Agriculture
0,58
ILUC
0,32
Processing
0,28
Transport
0,16
Packaging
0,22
Retail
0,01
Klimadatabase ID
Ra00416

Detailed background data

It has been assumed that the food processing industry is located in Denmark. Mass balance from the Agribalyse database, for asparagus canned, including peeling waste (ADEME 2020v; 2020w). Salt content from a product in Nemlig (2020r). The reference flow is the actual asparagus content in the can, excluding brine. Manufacturing based on data in appendix 3 in Carlsson-Kanyama and Faist (2000). Retail is modelled assuming the following storage: Ambient. See more details as well as literature references in the methodoly report on: www.denstoreklimadatabase.dk.

Data on inputs and outputs of the food processing industry is modelled using: Carlsson-Kanyama and Faist (2000); Nemlig (2020r); ADEME (2020v); ADEME (2020w).

Documentation
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Nutritional content

Energy
68,00 kj/100g
Protein
1,60 g/100g
Fat
0,10 g/100g
Carbon Hydrate
1,50 g/100g