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Integration of environment and nutrition in life cycle assessment of food Items: opportunities and challenges

Sarah J. McLaren, Andrew Berardy, Andrew D. Henderson, Nicholas M. Holden, Thom Huppertz, Olivier Jolliet, De Camillis, C., Renouf, M., Benedetto Rugani, Merja Saarinen, Jolieke C. van der Pols, Ian Vázquez‐Rowe, Anton Vallejo, A., Marta Bianchi, Chadhary, A., Canxi Chen, Margot Cooreman-Algoed, Hongmin Dong, Timothy Grant, Ashley Green, Elinor Hallström, Hoang, H.-M., Leip, A., Lynch, J., McAuliffe, G., Ridoutt, B., Saget, S., Scherer, L., Tuomisto, H., Tyedmers, P., Zanten, H. van

FAO eBooks · 2021

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<p>This report is the outcome of a consensus-building project to agree on best practices for environmental and nutritional Life Cycle Assessment (nLCA) methodology, and identify future research needs. The project involved 30 nutritional and environmental LCA researchers from 18 countries. It focused on the assessment of food items (as opposed to meals or diets).<br></p><p>Best practice recommendations were developed to address the intended purpose of an LCA study and related modeling approach, choice of an appropriate functional unit, assessment of nutritional value, and reporting nLCA results. An nLCA study should report the quantities of as many essential nutrients as possible and aim to provide information on the nutritional quality and/or health impacts in addit

Source type
Peer-reviewed study
DOI
10.4060/cb8054en
Catalogue ID
SNmohktxoo-79wu29
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