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. 2014 Jun 11;125(2):179–192. doi: 10.1007/s10584-014-1169-1

Table 4.

Greenhouse gas emissions for the 94 food commodities, weighted for production in the UK, imports from the EU, and imports from outside the EU

Food category UK GHG emissions (kgCO2e/kg)
Alcoholic Beverages 3.3
Animal Fats 40.1
Apples 0.7
Aquatic Animals, Others 0.0
Aquatic Plants 0.0
Aquatic Products, Other 0.0
Bananas 1.4
Barley 3.8
Beans 0.8
Beer 3.8
Beverages, Alcoholic 3.5
Beverages, Fermented 2.4
Bovine Meat 68.8
Butter, Ghee 1.8
Cephalopods 5.4
Cereals - Excluding Beer 1.8
Cereals, Other 1.8
Citrus, Other 0.7
Cocoa Beans 3.4
Coconut Oil 2.1
Coconuts - Incl Copra 2.1
Coffee 10.1
Cream 2.4
Crustaceans 5.4
Dates 1.1
Demersal Fish 5.4
Eggs 4.9
Fats, Animals, Raw 35.6
Fish, Body Oil 0.0
Fish, Liver Oil 0.0
Fish, Seafood 5.4
Freshwater Fish 5.4
Fruits - Excluding Wine 0.9
Fruits, Other 0.9
Grapefruit 0.8
Grapes 0.8
Groundnut Oil 0.9
Groundnuts (Shelled Eq) 1.4
Honey 1.0
Lemons, Limes 0.6
Maize 0.7
Maize Germ Oil 0.4
Marine Fish, Other 5.4
Meat 35.9
Meat, Other 35.7
Milk - Excluding Butter 1.8
Molluscs, Other 0.0
Mutton & Goat Meat 64.2
Oats 1.0
Offals 35.9
Oilcrops 1.8
Oilcrops Oil, Other 2.4
Oilcrops, Other 2.3
Olive Oil 4.5
Olives 4.5
Onions 0.5
Oranges, Mandarines 0.6
Palm Oil 3.3
Palmkernel Oil 0.0
Peas 1.2
Pelagic Fish 5.4
Pepper 2.5
Pigmeat 7.9
Pimento 3.2
Pineapples 1.9
Plantains 1.6
Potatoes 0.4
Poultry Meat 5.4
Pulses 3.3
Pulses, Other 3.5
Rape and Mustard Oil 2.9
Rape and Mustardseed 2.9
Rice (Milled Equivalent) 3.9
Rye 1.0
Sesameseed 4.2
Sesameseed Oil 4.2
Soyabean Oil 1.8
Soyabeans 2.0
Spices 1.6
Spices, Other 1.6
Starchy Roots 0.4
Stimulants 0.0
Sugar & Sweeteners 0.1
Sugar (Raw Equivalent) 0.1
Sunflowerseed Oil 3.3
Sweeteners, Other 0.0
Tea 1.9
Tomatoes 1.5
Treenuts 2.0
Vegetable Oils 3.2
Vegetables 1.6
Vegetables, Other 2.2
Wheat 1.0
Wine 1.0