Products

Product CO2e / kg Studies

Carrots

0.311
CO2e / kg
= 100 g of Carrots
You can consume
8.68
kg of Carrots to exhaust your daily CO2e food budget

Categories: Root Vegetables | Vegetables | Food

Subcategories: Carrots (eco) | Carrots (frozen) | Carrots (cooked)

Studies

Source Notes CO2e Country origin Country consumption Weight
Klimatarier CO2 Rechner Karotte/Möhre
0.27
Unknown Unknown 5
Greenhouse gas emissions of realistic dietary choices in Denmark: the carbon footprint and nutritional value of dairy products Table 1; including waste; excluding waste: 0.22
0.27
Unknown Unknown 8
Systematic review of greenhouse gas emissions for different fresh food categories Table 5 Median; #LCA studies: 10; #GWP values: 13; Mean: 0.22; Stdev: 0.15; Min: 0.04; Max: 0.5
0.2
Unknown Unknown 8
FiBL CO2-Fußabdruck von Bioprodukten Konventionell; Production: 0.036; Transport: 0.04; Packaging: 0.01; Storage: 0.011; https://www.fibl.org/fileadmin/documents/de/oesterreich/arbeitsschwerpunkte/Klima/ergebnisse_gemuese_gesamt_090625.pdf
0.097
Austria Austria 3
Potential contributions of food consumption patterns to climate change domestic, fresh; CO2: 0.38, NO2: 0.04, NH4: 0
0.42
Sweden Sweden 8
Den store klimadatabase Carrot, Agriculture: 0.11, iLUC: 0.02, Food processing: 0, Packaging: 0.06, Transport: 0.05
0.25
Unknown Unknown 5
Environmental impact of plant-based foods European and Swedish production considered most relevant for the Swedish market. Climate impact is likely to be below 0.5 kg CO2e per kg product. Swedish fresh products have lower impact with transport added, fresh Swedish carrots have an impact below 0.3 kg CO2e per kg product, European products have a higher impact with transport added, between 0.2-0.5 kg CO2e per kg product.. Studies: 8 (6 SW)
0.5
Unknown Unknown 6
Ökologische Fußabdrücke von Lebensmitteln und Gerichten in Deutschland (IFEU) Kartoffeln, frisch
0.2
Unknown Germany 6
Ökologische Fußabdrücke von Lebensmitteln und Gerichten in Deutschland (IFEU) Karotten
0.1
Unknown Germany 0
RIVM Database Milieubelasting Voedingsmiddelen Wortel, rauw
0.4
Unknown Netherlands 5
How low can we go? An assessment of greenhouse gas emissions from the UK food system and the scope reduction by 2050 Carrots and turnips
0.46
Europe United Kingdom 4
How low can we go? An assessment of greenhouse gas emissions from the UK food system and the scope reduction by 2050 Carrots and turnips
0.35
United Kingdom United Kingdom 0

Recipes

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Recipes