scholarly journals Sustainable product-package design in a food supply chain: A multi-criteria life cycle approach

2018 ◽  
Vol 32 (2) ◽  
pp. 85-101 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jafar Rezaei ◽  
Athanasios Papakonstantinou ◽  
Lori Tavasszy ◽  
Udo Pesch ◽  
Austin Kana
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Life Cycle ◽  
Food Supply ◽  
Life Cycle Approach ◽  
Food Supply Chain ◽  
Package Design ◽  
Sustainable Product ◽  
Product Package

scholarly journals Life cycle assessment in the food supply chain: a case study

2015 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 140-154 ◽  
Author(s):  
David McCarthy ◽  
Aristides Matopoulos ◽  
Philip Davies
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle Assessment ◽  
Supply Chain ◽  
Life Cycle ◽  
Food Supply ◽  
Food Supply Chain

scholarly journals Life Cycle Assessment Across the Food Supply Chain

2012 ◽  
pp. 115-144 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lisbeth Mogensen ◽  
John E. Hermansen ◽  
Niels Halberg ◽  
Randi Dalgaard ◽  
J.C. Vis ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle Assessment ◽  
Supply Chain ◽  
Life Cycle ◽  
Food Supply ◽  
Food Supply Chain

scholarly journals Food Waste and Byproduct Valorization through Bio-processing: Opportunities and Challenges

BioResources ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 5774-5777 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xavier Turon ◽  
Joachim Venus ◽  
Mehrdad Arshadi ◽  
Michalis Koutinas ◽  
Carol S. K. Lin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Life Cycle ◽  
Food Waste ◽  
Renewable Resources ◽  
Food Supply ◽  
Working Group ◽  
Critical Mass ◽  
Waste Streams ◽  
Food Supply Chain ◽  
Cost Action

The bioeconomy era will rely on efficient fractionation of renewable resources via integrated biorefineries. The food supply chain waste, despite its inherent variability, could evolve into an important industrial feedstock on account of its availability, versatility, and sustainability, for the production of bio-based products. Waste streams generated from all stages of the life cycle of food products could be refined into different fractions, which will be either purified to high-value molecules or converted via green chemical and/or biotechnological routes for the production of bio-based products. A working group of the EUBis COST Action TD1203 is taking steps to gather a critical mass of knowledge and expertise to create innovation and technological breakthroughs.

Life cycle assessment of RFID implementation in the fresh food supply chain

2014 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 51-71 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eleonora Bottani ◽  
Michele Manfredi ◽  
Giuseppe Vignali ◽  
Andrea Volpi
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle Assessment ◽  
Supply Chain ◽  
Life Cycle ◽  
Food Supply ◽  
Food Supply Chain ◽  
Fresh Food

scholarly journals An environmental evaluation of food supply chain using life cycle assessment: A case study on gluten free biscuit products

2018 ◽  
Vol 170 ◽  
pp. 451-461 ◽  
Author(s):  
López Isabel Noya ◽  
Vasileia Vasilaki ◽  
Valentina Stojceska ◽  
Sara González-García ◽  
Chantelle Kleynhans ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle Assessment ◽  
Supply Chain ◽  
Life Cycle ◽  
Food Supply ◽  
Gluten Free ◽  
Food Supply Chain ◽  
Environmental Evaluation

Life cycle assessment of food loss and waste in the food supply chain

2021 ◽  
Vol 164 ◽  
pp. 105119 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yetunde Omolayo ◽  
Beth J. Feingold ◽  
Roni A. Neff ◽  
Xiaobo Xue Romeiko
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle Assessment ◽  
Supply Chain ◽  
Life Cycle ◽  
Food Supply ◽  
Food Supply Chain ◽  
Food Loss

scholarly journals Life Cycle Environmental Impacts and Health Effects of Protein-Rich Food as Meat Alternatives: A Review

2022 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 979
Author(s):  
Maurizio Cellura ◽  
Maria Anna Cusenza ◽  
Sonia Longo ◽  
Le Quyen Luu ◽  
Thomas Skurk
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Life Cycle ◽  
Environmental Impacts ◽  
Food Supply ◽  
Food Supply Chain ◽  
Rich Food ◽  
Cultivable Land ◽  
Considerable Impact ◽  
Increasing Demand ◽  
Protein Rich

The food sector is responsible for a considerable impact on the environment in most environmental contexts: the food supply chain causes greenhouse gas emissions, water consumption, reduction in cultivable land, and other environmental impacts. Thus, a change in food supply is required to reduce the environmental impacts caused by the food supply chain and to meet the increasing demand for sufficient and qualitative nutrition. Large herds of livestock are inappropriate to achieve these goals due to the relevant impact of meat supply chain on the environment, e.g., the land used to grow feed for animals is eight times more than that for human nutrition. The search for meat alternatives, especially for the intake of critical nutrients such as protein, is a consequent step. In the above context, this paper summarizes the health aspects of protein-rich food alternatives to meat and carries out a literature review on the life-cycle environmental impacts of this alternative food.

scholarly journals Measuring Circularity in Food Supply Chain Using Life Cycle Assessment; Refining Oil from Olive Kernel

Foods ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 590
Author(s):  
Amin Nikkhah ◽  
Saeed Firouzi ◽  
Keyvan Dadaei ◽  
Sam Van Haute
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle Assessment ◽  
Supply Chain ◽  
Life Cycle ◽  
Food Waste ◽  
Food Supply ◽  
Production System ◽  
Oil Production ◽  
Waste Valorization ◽  
Food Supply Chain ◽  
Olive Kernel

Valorization of food waste is a potential strategy toward a circular food supply chain. In this regard, measuring the circularity of food waste valorization systems is highly important to better understand multiple environmental impacts. Therefore, this study investigated the circularity of a food waste valorization system (refining oil from olive kernel) using a life cycle assessment methodology. An inventory of an industrial-based olive kernel oil production system is also provided in this study. The system boundary was the cradle to the factory gate of the production system. The results indicated that natural gas consumption was the highest contributor to most of the investigated impact categories. The global warming potential of one kg of oil produced from olive kernel was calculated to be 1.37 kg CO2eq. Moreover, the calculated damages of 1 kg oil production from olive kernel to human health, ecosystem quality, and resource depletion were 5.29 × 10−7 DALY, 0.12 PDF∙m2∙yr., and 24.40 MJ, respectively.

scholarly journals Scientific Challenges in Performing Life-Cycle Assessment in the Food Supply Chain

Foods ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (8) ◽  
pp. 301 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ilija Djekic ◽  
Milica Pojić ◽  
Alberto Tonda ◽  
Predrag Putnik ◽  
Danijela Bursać Kovačević ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle Assessment ◽  
Supply Chain ◽  
Life Cycle ◽  
Food Supply ◽  
Analysis Tool ◽  
Inventory Analysis ◽  
Quality Of Data ◽  
Environment Impact ◽  
Food Supply Chain ◽  
Sound Sensitivity

This paper gives an overview of scientific challenges that occur when performing life-cycle assessment (LCA) in the food supply chain. In order to evaluate these risks, the Failure Mode and Effect Analysis tool has been used. Challenges related to setting the goal and scope of LCA revealed four hot spots: system boundaries of LCA; used functional units; type and quality of data categories, and main assumptions and limitations of the study. Within the inventory analysis, challenging issues are associated with allocation of material and energy flows and waste streams released to the environment. Impact assessment brings uncertainties in choosing appropriate environmental impacts. Finally, in order to interpret results, a scientifically sound sensitivity analysis should be performed to check how stable calculations and results are. Identified challenges pave the way for improving LCA of food supply chains in order to enable comparison of results.

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