Chewing gum, no sugar added, all types
Candy and sugar products
Climate footprint in kg CO2e/kg
CO2e per kg
5,95
Agriculture
0,00
ILUC
0,27
Processing
4,36
Transport
0,02
Packaging
1,29
Retail
0,01
Klimadatabase ID
Ra00322
Detailed background data
It has been assumed that the food processing industry is located in Denmark. Recipe for home-made sugar-free chewing gum using xylitol as sweetener (Natural Chewing Gum 2020). Energy use in manufacturing assumed as sugar candy reported in appendix 6 in Carlsson-Kanyama and Faist (2000). We assume 3% ingredient is wasted. 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: Natural Chewing Gum (2020); Carlsson-Kanyama and Faist (2000).
Documentation
Ra00322
Nutritional content
Energy
1451,00 kj/100g
Protein
0,60 g/100g
Fat
0,00 g/100g
Carbon Hydrate
83,60 g/100g