Products

Product CO2e / kg Studies

Potatoes

0.359
CO2e / kg
= 100 g of Potatoes
You can consume
7.52
kg of Potatoes to exhaust your daily CO2e food budget

Categories: Root Vegetables | Vegetables | Food

According to Moudrý et al. (2013)1, most of potatoes' emissions come from agriculture (~75%), such as fertilizers, seed production, agricultural operation and field emissions. The remaining emissions are due to trade (~25%), i.e. storage and transport.

A serving of potatoes is about 150 grams2. With an emission factor of ~0.4 kg CO2e / kg, this comes down to only 0.06 kg CO2e / serving.

  1. Moudrý Jr, J., Jelínková, Z., Jarešová, M., Plch, R., Moudrý, J., & Konvalina, P. (2013). Assessing greenhouse gas emissions from potato production and processing in the Czech Republic. Outlook on AGRICULTURE, 42(3), 179-183. ↩

  2. Potatoes - Nutritional information. A S Wilcox & Sons Limited. https://www.wilcoxgoodness.co.nz/helpful-info/nutritional-information/potatoes, Accessed 15 Feb 2022. ↩

Subcategories: Potatoes (peeled) | Potatoes (canned) | Potatoes (eco) | Sweet potatoes

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 Potatoes
0.51
 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 Potatoes
0.26
 United Kingdom United Kingdom 0
How low can we go? An assessment of greenhouse gas emissions from the UK food system and the scope reduction by 2050 Potatoes
0.26
 United Kingdom United Kingdom 0
How low can we go? An assessment of greenhouse gas emissions from the UK food system and the scope reduction by 2050 Potatoes
0.51
 Europe United Kingdom 4
Assessing Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Potato Production and Processing in the Czech Republic Page 4: 0.187 kg CO2e (comprising agriculture – 0.145 kg CO2 e (77%) and trade – 0.042 kg CO2e (23%))
0.187
 Czech Republic Czech Republic 10
RISE Open access list 1.7 Per kg unpeeled potatoes
0.1
 Sweden Sweden 5
LCA Food Database Conventional, including retail
0.22
 Unknown Unknown 3
Environmental impact of plant-based foods European and Swedish production considered relevant for the Swedish market.. Studies: 9 (4 SW)
0.4
 Unknown Unknown 6
Den store klimadatabase Potato, Agriculture: 0.2, iLUC: 0.02, Food processing: 0, Packaging: 0.06, Transport: 0.07
0.36
 Unknown Unknown 5
Mat-klimat-listan variation 0.1-1 kgCO2/kg
0.1
 Unknown Sweden 6
Potential contributions of food consumption patterns to climate change cooked, domestic; CO2: 0.4, NO2: 0.06, NH4: 0
0.45
 Sweden Sweden 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: 0.57
0.69
 Unknown Unknown 8
FiBL CO2-Fußabdruck von Bioprodukten Konventionell; Production: 0.094; Transport: 0.051; Packaging: 0.027; Storage: 0.011; https://www.fibl.org/fileadmin/documents/de/oesterreich/arbeitsschwerpunkte/Klima/ergebnisse_gemuese_gesamt_090625.pdf
0.183
 Austria Austria 3
Systematic review of greenhouse gas emissions for different fresh food categories Table 5 Median; #LCA studies: 16; #GWP values: 25; Mean: 0.2; Stdev: 0.08; Min: 0.08; Max: 0.36
0.18
 Unknown Unknown 8
Reducing food’s environmental impacts through producers and consumers Figure 1, 1000 kcal, https://www.nutritionix.com/food/potatoes
0.6
 Unknown Unknown 8
Klimatarier CO2 Rechner Kartoffeln
0.4
 Unknown Unknown 5