Table 2.

Food intake (servings person⁻¹) and climate footprint (kg CO₂-e person⁻¹) for current and recommended Australian adult (19–50 years old) daily diets ¹.

Food Group	Current Diet (n = 5157)		Higher Diet Quality/Lower Climate Footprint Subgroup (n = 1068)		Recommended Diet: Average Climate Footprint Intensity Foods		Recommended Diet: Lower Climate Footprint Intensity Foods
	Servings	Climate Footprint	Servings	Climate Footprint	Servings	Climate Footprint	Servings	Climate Footprint
Fruit	1.38	0.12	1.90	0.15	2.0	0.18	2.0	0.16
Vegetables	2.47	0.15	3.71	0.18	5.5	0.34	5.5	0.27
Breads and cereals	4.57	0.30	5.73	0.16	6.0	0.40	6.0	0.17
Fresh meat and alternatives	2.32	1.23	2.54	0.34	2.8	1.48	2.8	0.38
Seafood	0.22	0.12	0.28	0.10	0.27	0.14	0.31	0.11
Beef and lamb	0.66	0.82	0.37	−0.10	0.79	0.98	0.41	−0.11
Poultry	0.74	0.21	0.87	0.24	0.90	0.25	0.96	0.26
Pork	0.18	0.05	0.21	0.05	0.22	0.06	0.23	0.06
Vegetarian alternatives	0.51	0.04	0.81	0.06	0.61	0.05	0.89	0.06
Dairy and alternatives	1.46	0.45	1.29	0.37	2.5	0.77	2.5	0.72
Discretionary choices	7.42	1.15	2.44	0.25	2.8	0.43	2.8	0.29
Miscellaneous foods		0.12		0.08		0.12		0.08
Total		3.53		1.54		3.73		2.07

¹ The recommended diet with lower climate footprint intensity foods is based on the higher diet quality/lower climate footprint subgroup. The number of servings differs marginally for men and women in the recommended Australian diet.