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. 2020 Feb 21;9(2):230. doi: 10.3390/foods9020230

Table 6.

Environmental impact profile of BLPI and WLPI per kg protein.

BLPI WLPI
Environmental impact potentials (Life Cycle Assessment):
Climate Change (kg CO2-e/kg protein) 6.58 6.40
Aquatic Eutrophication (g PO4-e/kg protein) 40.4 39.6
Terrestrial Eutrophication (g PO4-e/kg protein) 2.42 2.33
Acidification (g SO2-e/kg protein) 33.3 32.5
Photochemical Oxidant Formation (g O3-e/kg protein) 12.9 12.6
Fine Particulate Matter (g PM2.5-e/kg protein) 27.5 26.8
Stratospheric Ozone Depletion (mg CFC11-e/kg protein) 37.5 35.4
Additional indicators at the inventory level (LCI):
Phosphorus Use (g/kg protein) 541 531
Cumulative Energy Demand, non-renewable (MJ/kg protein) 99.9 97.4
Blue Water (process) (kg/kg protein) 140 137
Land Use (m2/kg protein) 37.5 36.8