Emission Factor

Molasses - from sugar beet (beet sugar production)

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Emission factor summary

Emissions generated by the activity within the product supply chain as described in ecoinvent v3.8. The product 'molasses, from sugar beet' is a processed agricultural product. The multioutput-process 'sugar beet, in sugar refinery' delivers the co-products 'sugar, from sugar beet, at sugar refinery' and 'molasses, from sugar beet, at sugar refinery' and 'pulps, from sugar beet, at sugar refinery'. Sweet juice is extracted from the sugar beets by diffusion. The juice is then purified and crystallized to sugar. Molasses come as a by-product of the crystallization process. The cut-off classification is allocatable product. The activity type is ordinary transforming activity. The reference product amount is 1.

PropertyValue
NameMolasses - from sugar beet (beet sugar production)
SectorAgriculture/Hunting/Forestry/Fishing
CategoryArable Farming
Sourceecoinvent
Source DatasetCut-off Cumulative LCIA v3.8
Region
Unit Type
Year
1998
Year Released
2021
Emission Factor
  • CO2e0000kg/kg
LCA Activity
Refer to source
Supported CO2e Calculation Method
AR4, AR5
Data Versioning
  • Status: Replaced
  • Replaced in: 11Version log
  • Replaced by: b4987854-df3f-471d-8573-e0c94f4c8e4d

API Reference

Activity ID
arable_farming-type_molasses_from_sugar_beet_beet_sugar_production
UUID
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