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Cheeseburger Carbon Footprint Calculations
The following values are based on averages calculated by Annika Carlsson-Kanyama and Mireille Faist in their paper Energy Use in the Food Sector. The values were collected from publicly available published data or via personal communications.
Cheeseburger Ingredients
Ingredients |
Kg/hamburger |
Bread |
0.0740 |
Hamburger |
0.0900 |
Lettuce |
0.0280 |
Freeze dried onions |
0.0017 |
Pickles |
0.0074 |
Cheese |
0.0145 |
Energy use for bread (MJ)
|
Low estimate |
High estimate |
Crop production |
0.17 |
0.24 |
Milling |
0.03 |
0.39 |
Baking |
0.45 |
1.0 |
Storage |
0.31 |
1.6 |
Transportation |
0.07 |
0.09 |
Energy use for hamburger (MJ)
|
Low estimate |
High estimate |
Crop production, drying, food |
3.5 |
5.0 |
Stable, slaughtering |
0.23 |
1.4 |
Grinding, freezing |
0.12 |
0.16 |
Storage |
0.45 |
2.3 |
Frying |
0.79 |
1.0 |
Transportation |
0.44 |
0.59 |
Energy use for lettuce (MJ)
|
Low estimate |
High estimate |
Crop production |
0.04 |
4.37 |
Storage |
0.02 |
0.05 |
Transportation |
0.04 |
0.04 |
Energy use freeze dried onions (MJ)
|
Low estimate |
High estimate |
Crop production |
0.012 |
0.015 |
Freeze drying |
0.041 |
0.073 |
Storage |
0.0039 |
0.0093 |
Transportation |
0.0085 |
0.0109 |
Energy use for freeze pickles(MJ)
|
Low estimate |
High estimate |
Crop production |
0.0074 |
0.0097 |
Storage |
0.0008 |
0.0074 |
Pickling |
0.02 |
0.032 |
Transportation |
0.014 |
0.072 |
Energy use for cheese(MJ)
|
Low estimate |
High estimate |
Crop production |
0.26 |
0.37 |
Milking, making cheese |
0.16 |
0.32 |
Storage |
0.01 |
0.07 |
Transportation |
0.11 |
0.15 |
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