Table A4.
Life Cycle Assessment Calculation (LCIA): comparison between Soy Milk and Cow Milk. Impact Categories and Damage Categories. Aggregated Weighted Average: total environmental load expressed as a Single Score (mPt = milliPoints).
| Aggregated Weighted Average (Single Score) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Impact Category | Unit | Soy Milk | Cow Milk | Δ Soy-Cow | % |
| Global warming, Human health | mPt | 3.7999 | 23.9929 | −20.1930 | −84.16 |
| Global warming, Terrestrial ecosystems | mPt | 0.5068 | 3.1975 | −2.6907 | −84.15 |
| Global warming, Freshwater ecosystems | mPt | 1.38 × 10−5 | 8.73 × 10−5 | −7.35 × 10−5 | −84.15 |
| Stratospheric ozone depletion | mPt | 1.32 × 10−2 | 5.51 × 10−2 | −4.20 × 10−2 | −76.13 |
| Ionizing radiation | mPt | 0.98 × 10−3 | 4.57 × 10−3 | −3.59 × 10−3 | −78.46 |
| Ozone formation, Human health | mPt | 1.41 × 10−2 | 8.61 × 10−2 | −7.20 × 10−2 | −83.63 |
| Fine particulate matter formation | mPt | 3.8525 | 20.0071 | −16.2182 | −80.81 |
| Ozone formation, Terrestrial ecosystems | mPt | 0.90 × 10−1 | 5.44 × 10−1 | −4.54 × 10−1 | −83.43 |
| Terrestrial acidification | mPt | 0.1635 | 1.3701 | −1.2066 | −88.07 |
| Freshwater eutrophication | mPt | 2.64 × 10−2 | 8.00 × 10−2 | −5.36 × 10−2 | −67.02 |
| Marine eutrophication | mPt | 5.67 × 10−4 | 9.10 × 10−4 | −3.43 × 10−4 | −37.66 |
| Terrestrial ecotoxicity | mPt | 1.24 × 10−2 | 1.39 × 10−2 | −0.15 × 10−2 | −10.81 |
| Freshwater ecotoxicity | mPt | 4.05 × 10−3 | 8.62 × 10−3 | −4.57 × 10−3 | −53.03 |
| Marine ecotoxicity | mPt | 8.58 × 10−4 | 14.38 × 10−4 | −5.80 × 10−4 | −40.33 |
| Human carcinogenic toxicity | mPt | 3.32 × 10−1 | 7.75 × 10−1 | −4.43 × 10−1 | −57.13 |
| Human non-carcinogenic toxicity | mPt | 0.8328 | 1.9615 | −1.1288 | −57.55 |
| Land use | mPt | 2.6577 | 7.5275 | −4.8698 | −64.69 |
| Mineral resource scarcity | mPt | 0.23 × 10−2 | 2.42 × 10−2 | −2.19 × 10−2 | −90.65 |
| Fossil resource scarcity | mPt | 3.48 × 10−1 | 4.36 × 10−1 | −0.88 × 10−1 | −20.19 |
| Water consumption, Human health | mPt | −0.25 × 10−1 | 2.37 × 10−1 | −2.62 × 10−1 | −110.41 |
| Water consumption, Terrestrial ecosystem | mPt | 1.10 × 10−2 | 6.98 × 10−2 | −5.88 × 10−2 | −84.26 |
| Water consumption, Aquatic ecosystems | mPt | 1.30 × 10−5 | 1.26 × 10−5 | 0.04 × 10−5 | 3.01 |
| Damage category | |||||
| Human health | mPt | 8.8210 | 47.1832 | −38.3622 | −81.30 |
| Ecosystems | mPt | 3.4732 | 12.8134 | −9.3402 | −72.89 |
| Resources | mPt | 0.3500 | 0.4599 | −0.1099 | −23.90 |
| Total | mPt | 12.6442 | 60.4566 | −47.8124 | −79.09 |