ArticleFoods (Basel, Switzerland)2022
Environmental Impact of Meals: How Big Is the Carbon Footprint in the School Canteens?
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- Analysis of hotspots and emerging trends in school foodservice research using CiteSpace.Nutrition research and practice · 2024Article
- Sustainability and nutritional composition of food offer and choices in three hospital canteens in Italy.Heliyon · 2024Article
- Evaluation of the Climate Impact and Nutritional Quality of Menus in an Italian Long-Term Care Facility.Nutrients · 2024Article
- Environmental Footprints in Food Services: A Scoping Review.Nutrients · 2024Article
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Abstract
The inhabitants of the world are expected to grow by two billion in the next two decades; as population increases, food demand rises too, leading to more intensive resource exploitation and greater negative externalities related to food production. In this paper the environmental impact of meals provided in school canteens are analysed through the Life Cycle Assessment methodology, in order to evaluate the GHGs emissions released by food production. Meals, and not just individual foods, have been considered so as to include in the analysis the nutritional aspects on which meals are based. Results shows that meat, fish and dairy products are the most impacting in terms of greenhouse gas emissions, with values that shift from 31.7 and 24.1 kg CO
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