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The carbon footprint of beef burgers, pe tray with pe film

Beef Burgers, PE Tray with PE Film emits about 1.391 kg CO₂e per 1 kg as purchased. Below is where that figure actually comes from — every stage of the chain, not a single headline number.

Where the carbon comes from
Processing
0.879 kg
63%
Turning the raw product into food: milling, refining, slaughter, curing.
Transport
0.289 kg
21%
Moving it from farm to processor to shop.
Packaging
0.223 kg
16%
Producing the packaging it reaches you in.
Production method

How it is grown changes the number by 55%

These are 12 separately assessed production systems for the same product. Emissions are farm-gate — the part the grower controls — and range from 19.763 to 44.031 kg CO₂e. A label on a shelf almost never tells you which one you are holding.

  1. Cull cow, organic, system n°3, at farm gatelowest19.763
  2. Cull cow, organic, system n°5, at farm gate20.903
  3. Calf, 14 days old, organic, system n°3, at farm gate20.906
  4. Calf, 14 days old, organic, system n°5, at farm gate21.294
  5. Calf, 14 days old, organic, system n°1, at farm gate21.555
  6. Calf, 14 days old, organic, system n°4, at farm gate22.686
  7. Cull cow, organic, system n°4, at farm gate25.728
  8. Calf, 14 days old, organic, system n°2, at farm gate25.862
  9. Beef cattle, national average, at farm gate35.647
  10. Cull cow, organic, system n°1, at farm gate35.803
  11. Cull cow, organic, system n°2, at farm gate37.36
  12. Suckler heifer, conventional, fattening system, more than 1.2 LU per ha, at farm gate44.031

kg CO₂e per 1 kg as purchased, cradle to farm gate. Farm-gate figures exclude processing, packaging and transport, so they sit below the full total above.

Lower-carbon alternatives

Each emits less than half as much as beef burgers, pe tray with pe film.

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0.689

kg CO₂e

50% lower

Roquefort cheese, from ewe's milk

0.688

kg CO₂e

51% lower

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0.685

kg CO₂e

51% lower

Lamb, chop fillet, raw

0.673

kg CO₂e

52% lower

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Common questions

How much CO2 does beef burgers, pe tray with pe film produce?
About 1.391 kg CO₂e per 1 kg as purchased, measured across the supply chain. That is roughly the same as driving 8 km in an average petrol car.
What drives the footprint of beef burgers, pe tray with pe film?
Processing is the largest contributor at 0.879 kg CO₂e, about 63% of the total. Transport is only 0.289 kg — which is why what you eat matters far more than how far it travelled.
Does how beef burgers, pe tray with pe film is produced change its footprint?
Yes, substantially. Across 12 production methods in this dataset the farm-gate emissions range from 19.763 to 44.031 kg CO₂e — a difference of 55%.
Where does this data come from?
The WRAP UK Food & Drink Emission Factor Database v2.0, which aggregates peer-reviewed life-cycle assessments. This product's figures come from Foodsteps.

Figures from the WRAP UK Food & Drink Emission Factor Database v2.0, which aggregates published life-cycle assessments; this product's data originates from Foodsteps, for UK. Real values vary by farm, region and method — treat these as the shape of the problem, not a measurement of any one item on your shelf.

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