Emission Factor

Skimmed milk - from cow milk (butter production - from cream)

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Emission factor summary

The activity generating the emissions is butter production, from cream, from cow milk. The Reference Product is skimmed milk, from cow milk. The product skimmed milk, from cow milk is a by-product of butter production. Per 1 kg of butter, 16.89 kg of skimmed milk is produced. 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/11960/documentation

PropertyValue
NameSkimmed milk - from cow milk (butter production - from cream)
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
source_specific
Supported CO2e Calculation Method
AR5, AR6
Data Versioning
  • Status: Current

API Reference

Activity ID
livestock_farming-type_skimmed_milk_from_cow_milk_butter_production_from_cream_from_cow_milk
UUID
bdfb4dd3-624f-4836-9184-363149a11c92
Code Snippet
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