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Carbon Footprint: The Case of Four Chicken Meat Products Sold on the Spanish Market

Despite its relatively low environmental impact within the livestock sector, the poultry sector still faces its own environmental challenges that need to be addressed. The present paper uses life cycle assessment to quantify greenhouse gas emissions, from cradle to slaughterhouse gate, of four chicken meat products: whole carcass, wings, breast fillets, and leg quarters. The main contribution of the present study is that it provides a detailed analysis of different chicken meat cuts, testing mass and economic allocation choices and showing that economic allocation better reflects the causality of the cutting process. We recommend that a distinction should be made between whole carcass and meat cuts, as there are significant differences in meat content and climate change results between these two categories. This is not so clear in the literature, nor in the LEAP guideline for the poultry sector. The study was performed by using disaggregated inventory data from Spain, for the first time. Results show that the major contributors to environmental impact are feed production (>70%), electricity use (10.2%), and fossil fuel combustion (8.1%). Packaging did not significantly contribute to the climate change impact of the chicken products evaluated (0.4–3.4% contribution, depending on the type of packaging and product considered).
- University of Cantabria Spain
- University of Cantabria Spain
- University of Lleida Spain
- University of Lleida (UdL) Spain
- University of Lleida (UdL) Spain
TP1-1185, poultry meat, Greenhouse gas emission, Article, Life cycle assessment, life cycle assessment, Greenhouse gas emissions, Whole carcass and chicken cuts, allocation to meat cuts, Poultry meat, greenhouse gas emissions, Chemical technology, life cycle assessment; greenhouse gas emissions; poultry meat; whole carcass and meat cuts; allocation to meat cuts, Allocation to meat cuts, Life Cycle Assessment (LCA), Allocation to chicken cuts, whole carcass and meat cuts, Whole carcass and meat cuts
TP1-1185, poultry meat, Greenhouse gas emission, Article, Life cycle assessment, life cycle assessment, Greenhouse gas emissions, Whole carcass and chicken cuts, allocation to meat cuts, Poultry meat, greenhouse gas emissions, Chemical technology, life cycle assessment; greenhouse gas emissions; poultry meat; whole carcass and meat cuts; allocation to meat cuts, Allocation to meat cuts, Life Cycle Assessment (LCA), Allocation to chicken cuts, whole carcass and meat cuts, Whole carcass and meat cuts
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