Emission Factor

Cheese - from cow milk - fresh - unripened (yogurt production)

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Emission factor summary

The activity generating the emissions is yogurt production, from cow milk. The Reference Product is cheese, from cow milk, fresh, unripened. The product cheese, from cow milk, fresh, unripened is a dairy product from cow milk. There are a very wide range of cheese varieties and many subtle differences in processing methods. In general, however, the following process steps apply: production of coagulum through the action of rennet and/or lactic acid, separation of the resulting curds from the whey, and manipulation of the curds to produce the desired characteristics of the cheese. Cheese is also a by-product of yogurt production. The Reference Product amount is 1. The cut-off classification is allocatable product. The activity type is ordinary transforming activity. Please refer to the ecoinvent documentation for full details: https://ecoquery.ecoinvent.org/3.12/cutoff/dataset/11982/documentation

PropertyValue
NameCheese - from cow milk - fresh - unripened (yogurt production)
SectorAgriculture/Hunting/Forestry/Fishing
CategoryLivestock Farming
Sourceecoinvent
Source DatasetCut-off Cumulative LCIA v3.12
Region
Unit Type
Year
2010
Year Released
2025
Emission Factor
  • CO2e
    kg/kg
Scopes3.1
LCA Activity
source_specific
Supported CO2e Calculation Method
AR5, AR6
Data Versioning
  • Status: Current

API Reference

Activity ID
livestock_farming-type_cheese_from_cow_milk_fresh_unripened_yogurt_production_from_cow_milk
UUID
b08565d3-5344-45b2-94d7-27f3d1174f4f
Code Snippet
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