The carbon footprint of your food.
Some foods cost the climate far more than others. Compare everyday groceries by the greenhouse gases they emit per kilogram — then shred what you can't cut.
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Kg CO₂e per kg of food
Beef (beef herd)99.5 kg CO₂e
Chicken9.9 kg CO₂e
Tofu3.2 kg CO₂e
Lentils0.9 kg CO₂e
Highest here: Beef (beef herd) at 99.5 kg CO₂e/kg — roughly 585 km in an average car per kilo.
Figures are global averages in kg CO₂e per kg of food, from Poore & Nemecek (2018) via Our World in Data. Real values vary by farm and region.