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. 2023 Feb 21;20(5):3797. doi: 10.3390/ijerph20053797

Table A5.

Life Cycle Assessment Calculation (LCIA): comparison among Mixed Meat (cooked), Seitan and Mixed Legumes (cooked), proposed for steps. Impact Categories and Damage Categories. Aggregated Weighted Average: total environmental load expressed as a Single Score (mPt = milliPoints).

Impact Category Unit Mixed Meat (Cooked) Seitan Mixed Legumes (Cooked) Δ
Seitan-Meat
Δ
Legumes-Meat
%
Seitan-Meat
%
Legumes-Meat
Global warming, Human health mPt 2.68 × 102 1.13 × 102 0.41 × 102 −1.54 × 102 −2.27 × 102 −57.62 −84.67
Global warming, Terrestrial ecosystems mPt 3.57 × 101 1.51 × 101 0.55 × 101 −2.05 × 101 −3.02 × 101 −57.58 −84.65
Global warming, Freshwater ecosystems mPt 9.75 × 10−4 4.13 × 10−4 1.50 × 10−4 −5.61 × 10−4 −8.25 × 10−4 −57.58 −84.65
Stratospheric ozone depletion mPt 9.21 × 10−1 3.53 × 10−1 0.67 × 10−1 −5.68 × 10−1 −8.53 × 10−1 −61.67 −92.69
Ionizing radiation mPt 4.53 × 10−2 16.9 × 10−2 0.15 × 10−2 12.41 × 10−2 −4.39 × 10−2 273.81 −96.74
Ozone formation, Human health mPt 9.00 × 10−1 2.54 × 10−1 0.33 × 10−1 −6.46 × 10−1 −8.67 × 10−1 −71.77 −96.35
Fine particulate matter formation mPt 2.48 × 102 1.45 × 102 0.17 × 102 −1.03 × 102 −2.31 × 102 −41.56 −93.12
Ozone formation, Terrestrial ecosystems mPt 5.6807 1.6191 0.2102 −4.0615 −5.4704 −71.50 −96.30
Terrestrial acidification mPt 18.3136 6.6124 1.2052 −11.7012 −17.1084 −63.89 −93.42
Freshwater eutrophication mPt 1.1521 2.8497 0.0820 1.6976 −1.0701 147.35 −92.88
Marine eutrophication mPt 2.14 × 10−2 0.65 × 10−2 0.27 × 10−2 −1.49 × 10−2 −1.87 × 10−2 −69.77 −87.53
Terrestrial ecotoxicity mPt 1.51 × 10−1 6.41 × 10−1 0.41 × 10−1 4.89 × 10−1 −1.10 × 10−1 323.22 −72.81
Freshwater ecotoxicity mPt 1.03 × 10−1 7.28 × 10−1 0.20 × 10−1 6.25 × 10−1 −0.83 × 10−1 604.28 −80.54
Marine ecotoxicity mPt 2.09 × 10−2 14.11 × 10−2 0.33 × 10−2 12.01 × 10−2 −1.76 × 10−2 573.69 −84.28
Human carcinogenic toxicity mPt 9.9775 27.6797 0.5171 17.7022 −9.4604 177.42 −94.82
Human non-carcinogenic toxicity mPt 2.49 × 101 8.56 × 101 1.83 × 101 6.07 × 101 −0.66 × 101 243.31 −26.45
Land use mPt 9.16 × 101 5.24 × 101 2.26 × 101 −3.92 × 101 −6.90 × 101 −42.74 −75.28
Mineral resource scarcity mPt 2.93 × 10−1 3.20 × 10−1 0.06 × 10−1 0.27 × 10−1 −2.87 × 10−1 9.26 −97.99
Fossil resource scarcity mPt 5.5237 6.4076 2.4128 0.8839 −3.1109 16.00 −56.32
Water consumption, Human health mPt 2.7328 0.1934 2.2419 0.1661 −0.4909 607.75 −17.96
Water consumption, Terrestrial ecosystem mPt 9.06 × 10−1 53.93 × 10−1 6.97 × 10−1 44.86 × 10−1 −2.10 × 10−1 494.96 −23.13
Water consumption, Aquatic ecosystems mPt 1.46 × 10−4 8.55 × 10−4 2.95 × 10−4 7.09 × 10−4 1.49 × 10−4 485.29 101.84
Damage Category
Human health mPt 5.55 × 102 3.92 × 102 0.79 × 102 −1.63 × 102 −4.76 × 102 −29.42 −85.71
Ecosystems mPt 15.4 × 101 8.56 × 101 3.04 × 101 −6.81 × 101 −12.33 × 101 −44.30 −80.22
Resources mPt 5.8167 6.7277 2.4187 0.0911 −3.3979 15.66 −58.42
Total mPt 7.14 × 102 4.84 × 102 1.12 × 102 −2.30 × 102 −6.02 × 102 −32.26 −84.31