Whitefish
Seafood
Climate footprint in kg CO2e/kg
CO2e per kg
7,10
Agriculture
1,98
ILUC
2,40
Processing
2,54
Transport
0,04
Packaging
0,14
Retail
0,00
Klimadatabase ID
Ra00116
Detailed background data
It has been assumed that the food processing industry is located in Denmark. Edible flesh share modelled as Tilapia. Retail is modelled assuming the following storage: Cooled. 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: Data source on edible portion: FAO (1989). The Feed Conversion Rate is drawn from Fry JP et al. (2018). Data for this species is based on data for tilapia aquaculture because it is currently fished to its carrying capacity and wild catch cannot be increased. Data on electricity for aquaculture are obtained from Pelletier and Tyedmers (2010).
Documentation
Ra00116
Nutritional content
Energy
478,00 kj/100g
Protein
21,60 g/100g
Fat
3,00 g/100g
Carbon Hydrate
0,00 g/100g