The price of protein: Review of land use and carbon footprints from life cycle assessments of animal food products and their substitutes

By D. Nijdam, T. Rood, H. Westhoek. 2012

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Subfields: Ecology, Environmental Engineering, Food Science

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Should we stop meating like this? Reducing meat consumption through substitution (2016, background): “Studies report that many meat substitutes have a lower ecological footprint in terms of carbon footprint, land use and energy use (Nijdam et al., 2012) and are perceived by some consumers to have a healthier image than meat (Elzerman et al., 2013).”
Global Sustainable Development Report 2019 (2019, neutral): “506 Nijdam et al., 2012.”
Black Soldier Fly (Hermetia illucens) Meal as a Promising Feed Ingredient for Poultry: A Comprehensive Review (2020, background): “9 billion in 2050 [1], particularly in terms of poultry products, which have the lowest carbon and water footprint compared with other types of animal protein [2].”
The potential of insect protein to reduce food-based carbon footprints in Europe: The case of broiler meat production (2021, methodology): “Insects do not use energy to maintain a high body temperature and are therefore very efficient in converting feed into edible meal protein (Nijdam et al., 2012; van Huis, 2013).”
Pulses for Sustainability: Breaking Agriculture and Food Sectors Out of Lock-In (2018, background): “The environmental footprint of pulses is thus far lower than animal protein sources (Nijdam et al., 2012; Marlow et al., 2015).”
Insect meal as renewable source of food for animal feeding: a review (2014, background): “In addition, insects are efficient food converters because they do not use energy to maintain a high body temperature (Nijdam et al., 2012).”
Hybridisation between native Oreochromis species and introduced Nile tilapia O. niloticus in the Kafue River, Zambia (2014, background): “Aquaculture is an increasingly important source of dietary protein (FAO 2010, Nijdam et al. 2012) and is expected to provide needed increases and stability in food supplies, while reducing the environmental impacts of fishery overexploitation.”
Considering Plant-Based Meat Substitutes and Cell-Based Meats: A Public Health and Food Systems Perspective (2020, background): “Beef is particularly land-intensive compared to other meats (Poore and Nemecek, 2018), in part because cattle have a slower reproductive cycle and are less efficient at converting feed tomeat (Nijdam et al., 2012).”
The environmental sustainability of insects as food and feed. A review (2017, background): “The production of 1 kg of beef requires about 50 times more land than the production of 1 kg of vegetables, while greenhouse gas emissions are about 100 times higher, all depending on the production system used (Nijdam et al. 2012).”