Products

Product CO2e / kg Studies

Quinoa

1.3
CO2e / kg
= 100 g of Quinoa
You can consume
2.08
kg of Quinoa to exhaust your daily CO2e food budget

Categories: Grains | Food

Studies

Source Notes CO2e Country origin Country consumption Weight
Ecochain https://ecochain.com/knowledge/the-environmental-impact-of-quinoa-and-how-we-calculated-it/
1.48
 Unknown Unknown 5
Environmental impact of plant-based foods Two studies were identified, a scientific article showing climate impact of Peruvian quinoa of 0.4 kg CO2e per kg edible product (including transport to Sweden) (2 references). Studies: 2
0.9
 Unknown Unknown 6
Den store klimadatabase Quinoa, black, Agriculture: 1.04, iLUC: 0.63, Food processing: 0, Packaging: 0.2, Transport: 0.6
2.49
 Unknown Unknown 5
Klimatarier CO2 Rechner Quinoa
0.65
 Unknown Unknown 5
Systematic review of greenhouse gas emissions for different fresh food categories Table 5 Median; #LCA studies: 2; #GWP values: 2; Mean: 1.15; Stdev: 0.07; Min: 1.1; Max: 1.2
1.15
 Unknown Unknown 8

Recipes

*only recipes with more than 50 grams of Quinoa are shown.
Recipes