Table 1.
LCI for the production of Cantabrian potato chips. All data are provided by FU (50 g bag of potato chips).
| Cultivation—Inputs from Technosphere | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Material | Unit | Value | Material | Unit | Value |
| Potato seeds | kg | 1.60 × 10−2 | Insecticide | kg | 2.00 × 10−6 |
| Water | L | 40.00 | Diesel | L | 7.20 × 10−4 |
| Fertilizer | kg | 2.24 × 10−3 | |||
| Cultivation—Inputs from Nature | Cultivation—Outputs to Technosphere | ||||
| Material | Unit | Value | Product | Unit | Value |
| Land | Ha | 8.00 × 10−6 | Harvested potatoes | kg | 2.00 × 10−1 |
| Transport—Inputs from Technosphere | |||||
| Material | Unit | Value | |||
| Raw potatoes | kg × km | 6.00 × 10−1 | |||
| Processing—Inputs from Technosphere | |||||
| Material | Unit | Value | Material | Unit | Value |
| Electricity production | kWh | 6.50 × 10−4 | Salt | kg | 1.00 × 10−4 |
| Electricity packaging | kWh | 3.90 × 10−3 | Cardboard | kg | 1.13 × 10−3 |
| Water | L | 3.24 × 10−2 | Polypropylene | kg | 1.62 × 10−3 |
| Sunflower oil | L | 1.66 × 10−2 | Film | kg | 3.20 × 10−6 |
| Processing—Outputs to Technosphere | |||||
| Product | Unit | Value | Product | Unit | Value |
| Potato chips (50 g bag) | kg | 5.00 × 10−2 | Potato chips (140 g bag) | kg | 1.00 × 10−1 |
| Used oil | L | 1.62 × 10−3 | |||
| Waste to treatment | Unit | Value | Waste to treatment | Unit | Value |
| Potato discards | kg | 3.15 × 10−3 | Cardboard | kg | 2.40 × 10−4 |
| Film | kg | 3.20 × 10−6 | Wastewater | L | 3.24 × 10−2 |
| Distribution—Inputs from Technosphere | Consumption—Outputs to Technosphere | ||||
| Material | Unit | Value | Waste to treatment | Unit | Value |
| Potato chips bags | kg·km | 5.00 | Polypropylene | kg | 1.62 × 10−3 |