Products

Product CO2e / kg Studies

Onions

0.447
CO2e / kg
= 100 g of Onions
You can consume
6.04
kg of Onions to exhaust your daily CO2e food budget

Categories: Root Vegetables | Vegetables | Food

Subcategories: Onions (cooked) | Shallot | Onions (eco) | Onions (frozen) | Red onions | Spring onions

Studies

Source Notes CO2e Country origin Country consumption Weight
How low can we go? An assessment of greenhouse gas emissions from the UK food system and the scope reduction by 2050 Onions (inc. shallots)
0.48
 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 Onions (inc. shallots)
0.37
 United Kingdom United Kingdom 0
RISE Open access list 1.7 Per kg yellow onion with peal
0.1
 Sweden Sweden 5
RIVM Database Milieubelasting Voedingsmiddelen Ui, rauw
0.438
 Unknown Netherlands 5
Ökologische Fußabdrücke von Lebensmitteln und Gerichten in Deutschland (IFEU) Zwiebeln
0.2
 Unknown Germany 6
Reducing food’s environmental impacts through producers and consumers Figure 1
0.5
 Unknown Unknown 8
Systematic review of greenhouse gas emissions for different fresh food categories Table 5 Median; #LCA studies: 7; #GWP values: 9; Mean: 0.18; Stdev: 0.11; Min: 0.06; Max: 0.37
0.17
 Unknown Unknown 8
Greenhouse gas emissions of realistic dietary choices in Denmark: the carbon footprint and nutritional value of dairy products Table 1; including waste; excluding waste: 0.48
0.6
 Unknown Unknown 8
FiBL CO2-Fußabdruck von Bioprodukten Konventionell; Production: 0.054; Transport: 0.05; Packaging: 0.038; Storage: 0.014; https://www.fibl.org/fileadmin/documents/de/oesterreich/arbeitsschwerpunkte/Klima/ergebnisse_gemuese_gesamt_090625.pdf
0.156
 Austria Austria 3
Klimatarier CO2 Rechner Zwiebeln
0.25
 Unknown Unknown 5
Den store klimadatabase Onion, Agriculture: 0.18, iLUC: 0.04, Food processing: 0, Packaging: 0.06, Transport: 0.6
0.9
 Unknown Unknown 5
Environmental impact of plant-based foods All studies considered relevant. European production likely below 0.8 kg CO2e per kg onions (6 references).. Studies: 8 (4 SW)
1.0
 Unknown Unknown 6

Recipes

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Recipes