Table 1.
Average GHGE (in kgCO2/kg food as eaten) and average LU (in m2*year/kg food as eaten) for 17 food groups according to level 1 of the FoodEx2 Exposure Hierarchy. Values are means with their standard deviations.
| Food groups according to level 1 of the FoodEx2 Exposure Hierarchy | Number of food items | GHGE |
LU |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean | (SD) | Mean | (SD) | ||
| Grains and grain-based products | 139 | 3.9 | (5.9) | 5.8 | (6.0) |
| Vegetable and vegetable products | 109 | 1.8 | (3.7) | 0.8 | (1.9) |
| Starchy root or tubers and products | 14 | 0.8 | (0.4) | 0.8 | (0.6) |
| Legumes, nuts and oilseeds | 43 | 2.1 | (1.9) | 7.9 | (13.6) |
| Fruit and fruit products | 90 | 0.9 | (0.6) | 0.8 | (0.7) |
| Meat and meat products | 113 | 17.1 | (9.5) | 28.5 | (17.4) |
| Fish and fish products | 96 | 15.2 | (16.7) | 2.1 | (4.3) |
| Milk and dairy products | 111 | 11.5 | (6.6) | 11.5 | (7.0) |
| Eggs and egg products | 13 | 5.3 | (5.3) | 16.1 | (17.0) |
| Sugar and confectionary | 30 | 2.6 | (2.7) | 3.7 | (3.6) |
| Animal and vegetable fats and oils | 29 | 7.1 | (9.1) | 16.9 | (13.8 |
| Fruit and vegetable juices | 27 | 1.2 | (0.5) | 1.0 | (0.9) |
| Water and water-based beverages | 27 | 0.4 | (0.1) | 0.3 | (0.2) |
| Alcoholic beverages | 33 | 1.1 | (0.3) | 0.7 | (0.2) |
| Coffee, cocoa, tea | 30 | 1.5 | (3.4) | 1.6 | (4.7) |
| Composite dishes | 20 | 4.8 | (2.5) | 7.5 | (4.2) |
| Miscellaneous | 20 | 2.2 | (1.2) | 6.3 | (6.9) |