The carbon footprint of bread, french bread, without salt
Bread, French bread, without salt emits about 0.386 kg CO₂e per 1 kg of prepared product. Below is where that figure actually comes from — every stage of the chain, not a single headline number.
Where the carbon comes from
- Processing
- 0.157 kg
- 41%
- Turning the raw product into food: milling, refining, slaughter, curing.
- Transport
- 0.133 kg
- 34%
- Moving it from farm to processor to shop.
- Packaging
- 0.096 kg
- 25%
- Producing the packaging it reaches you in.
Lower-carbon alternatives
Each emits less than half as much as bread, french bread, without salt.
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Common questions
- How much CO2 does bread, french bread, without salt produce?
- About 0.386 kg CO₂e per 1 kg of prepared product, measured across the supply chain. That is roughly the same as driving 2 km in an average petrol car.
- What drives the footprint of bread, french bread, without salt?
- Processing is the largest contributor at 0.157 kg CO₂e, about 41% of the total. Transport is only 0.133 kg — which is why what you eat matters far more than how far it travelled.
- 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 Agribalyse (ADEME).
Figures from the WRAP UK Food & Drink Emission Factor Database v2.0, which aggregates published life-cycle assessments; this product's data originates from Agribalyse (ADEME), for France. 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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