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Life-cycle assessment of dairy products

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dc.contributor.authorNunes, Óscar Soares
dc.contributor.authorGaspar, Pedro Dinis
dc.contributor.authorNunes, José
dc.contributor.authorQuinteiro, Paula
dc.contributor.authorDias, Ana Cláudia
dc.contributor.authorGodina, Radu
dc.contributor.institutionUNIDEMI - Unidade de Investigação e Desenvolvimento em Engenharia Mecânica e Industrial
dc.contributor.institutionDEMI - Departamento de Engenharia Mecânica e Industrial
dc.contributor.pblRoutledge
dc.date.accessioned2021-05-03T22:53:44Z
dc.date.available2021-05-03T22:53:44Z
dc.date.issued2020-09-18
dc.descriptionUIDB/00151/2020 CEECIND/02174/2017 CEECIND/00143/2017 UIDB/50017/2020 UIDP/50017/2020 UIDB/00667/2020
dc.description.abstractNowadays, there is a growing promotion to label products ecologically in European markets. Knowing that daily products have relevant environmental impact associated with their production, it is of utmost importance to analyse all the related production processes for a better understanding of each process impact. The present study analysed the potential environmental impacts of a Portuguese regional product, the Beira Baixa cheese, coming from the largest national sheep milk region. So, a life cycle assessment (LCA) methodology is used from -cradle-to -gate, including the supplying of the animal feedstock. Impact calculations are performed using the ReCiPe midpoint 2008 method, allowing an analysis of the environmental impacts contributing to climate change, terrestrial acidification, freshwater and marine eutrophication of all productive processes. The results have shown that the greatest impacts occur within the milk production process for all four selected impact categories. This happens mainly due to the fodder cultivation process, also necessary to produce animal feed, which contain processes of fertilization and land preparation. The enteric fermentation and manure management processes have also shown relevant contributions. The impact assessment also showed that the cheesemaking industry has practically insignificant impacts. Nonetheless, the cheesemaking industry can promote their business with these results, by advertising and marketing their product as environmentally friendly, with production processes causing reduced impacts, and therefore also their products.en
dc.description.versionpublishersversion
dc.description.versionpublished
dc.format.extent3283614
dc.identifier.doi10.3390/PR8091182
dc.identifier.issn1532-6950
dc.identifier.otherPURE: 26202603
dc.identifier.otherPURE UUID: 6ddf95f9-f90d-4dcc-bc43-b6e437ed863c
dc.identifier.otherScopus: 85092574770
dc.identifier.otherWOS: 000580411400001
dc.identifier.otherORCID: /0000-0003-1244-5624/work/205572244
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10362/116892
dc.identifier.urlhttps://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85092574770
dc.language.isoeng
dc.peerreviewedyes
dc.subjectCheese production process
dc.subjectCradle-to-gate
dc.subjectDairy industry
dc.subjectLife cycle assessment
dc.subjectReCiPe method
dc.subjectBioengineering
dc.subjectChemical Engineering (miscellaneous)
dc.subjectProcess Chemistry and Technology
dc.subjectSDG 7 - Affordable and Clean Energy
dc.subjectSDG 12 - Responsible Consumption and Production
dc.subjectSDG 13 - Climate Action
dc.subjectSDG 14 - Life Below Water
dc.titleLife-cycle assessment of dairy productsen
dc.title.subtitleCase study of regional cheese produced in Portugalen
dc.typejournal article
degois.publication.issue9
degois.publication.titleProcesses
degois.publication.volume8
dspace.entity.typePublication
rcaap.rightsopenAccess

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