The carbon footprint of dark chocolate bar, with fruits (orange, raspberries, pear)
Dark chocolate bar, with fruits (orange, raspberries, pear) emits about 0.809 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.
- Processing
- 0.492 kg
- 61%
- Turning the raw product into food: milling, refining, slaughter, curing.
- Transport
- 0.214 kg
- 26%
- Moving it from farm to processor to shop.
- Packaging
- 0.103 kg
- 13%
- Producing the packaging it reaches you in.
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Common questions
- How much CO2 does dark chocolate bar, with fruits (orange, raspberries, pear) produce?
- About 0.809 kg CO₂e per 1 kg of prepared product, measured across the supply chain. That is roughly the same as driving 5 km in an average petrol car.
- What drives the footprint of dark chocolate bar, with fruits (orange, raspberries, pear)?
- Processing is the largest contributor at 0.492 kg CO₂e, about 61% of the total. Transport is only 0.214 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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