Fruit gums
Candy and sugar products
Climate footprint in kg CO2e/kg
CO2e per kg
2,40
Agriculture
0,91
ILUC
0,18
Processing
0,78
Transport
0,26
Packaging
0,26
Retail
0,01
Klimadatabase ID
Ra00326
Detailed background data
It has been assumed that the food processing industry is located in Denmark. Based on ingredients listed in a product reported in Open Food Facts (2020ab). Only ingredients considered are gelatine (7%) and the rest is assumed to be half sugar and half glucose syrup. Energy use in manufacturing assumed as sugar candy reported in appendix 6 in Carlsson-Kanyama and Faist (2000). We assume 3% ingredient goes to waste. 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: Open Food Facts (2020ab); Carlsson-Kanyama and Faist (2000).
Documentation
Ra00326
Nutritional content
Energy
1482,00 kj/100g
Protein
6,60 g/100g
Fat
0,90 g/100g
Carbon Hydrate
78,60 g/100g