The carbon footprint of pollack, raw
Pollack, raw emits about 1.453 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.
- Transport
- 1.165 kg
- 80%
- Moving it from farm to processor to shop.
- Packaging
- 0.288 kg
- 20%
- Producing the packaging it reaches you in.
How it is grown changes the number by 49%
These are 12 separately assessed production systems for the same product. Emissions are farm-gate — the part the grower controls — and range from 0.056 to 0.109 kg CO₂e. A label on a shelf almost never tells you which one you are holding.
- Wheat straw, animal feed, average practiceslowest0.056
- Triticale straw, animal feed, average practices0.062
- Barley straw, animal feed, average practices0.07
- Chicory witloof, late, conventional, root production, at farm gate0.074
- Chicory witloof, season, conventional, NH3, storage and forcing, at farm gate0.078
- Chicory witloof, season, conventional, root production, at farm gate0.081
- Palm fruit bunch, without deforestation, animal feed, at farm gate0.098
- Hemp, straw, ret, Champagne, at farm gate0.1
- Chicory witloof, early, conventional, root production, at farm gate0.104
- Chicory witloof, season, organic, root production, at farm gate0.104
- Optimized seaweed production, 1kg algae (Laminaria), fresh weight0.106
- Lettuce, autumn under tunnel, conventional, at farm gate0.109
kg CO₂e per 1 kg of prepared product, 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 pollack, raw.
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Common questions
- How much CO2 does pollack, raw produce?
- About 1.453 kg CO₂e per 1 kg of prepared product, measured across the supply chain. That is roughly the same as driving 9 km in an average petrol car.
- What drives the footprint of pollack, raw?
- Transport is the largest contributor at 1.165 kg CO₂e, about 80% of the total. Transport is only 1.165 kg — which is why what you eat matters far more than how far it travelled.
- Does how pollack, raw is produced change its footprint?
- Yes, substantially. Across 12 production methods in this dataset the farm-gate emissions range from 0.056 to 0.109 kg CO₂e — a difference of 49%.
- 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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