Emission Factor

Cheese - from cow milk - fresh - unripened (market for)

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Emission factor summary

The activity generating the emissions is market for cheese, from cow milk, fresh, unripened. 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 market activity. Please refer to the ecoinvent documentation for full details: https://ecoquery.ecoinvent.org/3.12/cutoff/dataset/11843/documentation

PropertyValue
NameCheese - from cow milk - fresh - unripened (market for)
SectorAgriculture/Hunting/Forestry/Fishing
CategoryLivestock Farming
Sourceecoinvent
Source DatasetCut-off Cumulative LCIA v3.12
Region
Unit Type
Year
2007
Year Released
2025
Emission Factor
  • CO2e
    kg/kg
Scopes3.1
LCA Activity
cradle_to_consumer
Supported CO2e Calculation Method
AR5, AR6
Data Versioning
  • Status: Current

API Reference

Activity ID
livestock_farming-type_cheese_from_cow_milk_fresh_unripened_market_for_cheese_from_cow_milk_fresh_unripened
UUID
b552ea1d-c8d0-445a-81de-7a88bfd697f3
Code Snippet
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