Healthier foods are better for the planet
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An Oxford study estimating the environmental impact of 57,000 food products in the UK and Ireland has been published.
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Researchers found that plant-based foods have the lowest environmental impacts and more nutritious foods are often more sustainable.
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By estimating the environmental impact of food and drink products,we have taken a significant first step that could enable informed decisionmaking Dr M Clarke Lead author
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This work is very exciting. For the first time, we have a transparent and comparable method for assessing the environmental footprint of multi-ingredient processed foods
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When looking at specific types of food products, such as meat,their alternatives, lasagne, cookies, biscuits, and sauces, the researchers found large variation within these foods.
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Using this new method manufacturers can reduce the environmental impact, while ensuring a high nutritional quality of products Professor Jennie Macdiarmid
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The analysis makes use of foodDB – a Big Data research platform at Oxford, which collects and .........
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processes data daily on all food and drink products available in 12 online supermarkets in the UK and Ireland
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Dr Richie Harrington, head of foodDB, says, ‘Our method fills an information gap on the environmental impacts of multi-ingredient foods.
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