Source record
National life-cycle assessment panel for food products (placeholder record)
Various national LCA studies (2024). Compiled by The Balance of Health.
- Last reviewed
- Reviewer
- Editorial placeholder
- Status
- sample
Sample data. The figures and sources on this page are demonstration records showing how evidence will be presented. They are approximate and have not yet been through our review process. Read about how we will verify evidence.
Key findings
- Country footprints for the same food can differ by two- to three-fold, mostly because of land-use change, feed sources and yields.
Record
- Source type
- Other
- Study type
- Life Cycle Assessment
- Topics
- Climate & emissions, Land use, Water
- Geography
- United Kingdom, United States, Brazil, India
- Funding & conflicts
- Not recorded.
- Source quality
- Limited evidenceDemonstration record; to be replaced by individual national studies with their own records.
Limitations
- Placeholder for a set of national LCA studies to be entered individually during research ingestion. Figures are illustrative.
Statistics we use from this source
- 45kg CO₂e per kgBeef, UK average
- 120kg CO₂e per kgBeef, Brazil average
- 20%Share of global greenhouse gas emissions from food
Claims this source supports
EnvironmentStrong evidence
Per gram of protein, beef from dedicated beef herds produces roughly 25 to 60 times the greenhouse gas emissions of beans, peas or tofu.
Beef is in a different league from plant proteins on emissions. Chicken and eggs sit in between.