Values of carbon footprint for marine and non-marine foodstuffs (minimum, mean, maximum), expressed as kg CO2 equivalents for a typical single meal for one person assumed to be 40 g of protein.

Label Prefixes: AQ – Aquaculture production; FA – Farm production; FS – fishing production; VG – non-animal based production; H – from Hilborn et al., 2018. P – from Poore and Nemecek, 2018. Label Suffixes (where shortened): Inverts. – Invertebrates including squid and octopus; LPelagic – Large pelagic (e.g. tuna); SPelagic – Small pelagic (e.g. mackerel and herring); GNuts – Ground nuts.

Column description

Category – Category
Food Type Code – Food Type Code
min_per 100g – Minimum CO2 equivalent per 100g
mean_per_100g – Mean CO2 equivalent per 100g
max_per_100g – Maximum CO2 equivalent per 100g
min_per_40g - Minimum CO2 equivalent per 40g
mean_per_40g – Mean CO2 equivalent per 40g
max_per_40g – Maximum CO2 equivalent per 40g