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Is there a website to measure and compare the greenhouse emissions of certain foods? (piefed.social)

submitted 2 months ago by Binzy_Boi@piefed.social to c/environment@beehaw.org

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Hey all,

While I'm aware that most issues regarding reducing greenhouse gasses land more on companies and governments than they do on individual responsibility, I still want to work on forming my diet to overall be more climate-friendly.

I'm curious if there's a website that compares the carbon footprint of certain foods. Since I'm currently modifying my diet to be more healthy and nutritious, I was also thinking about maybe making some changes where possible that are more friendly to the environment.

What brought up this thought is that I'm currently making sweetened drinks at home using zero-calorie sweeteners, and with the options I have available and how little they differ from one another in my eyes, I was curious which option between Stevia and Sucralose was more environmentally friendly, and then it became a more general question as to where I can compare these things.

Thanks in advance!

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[–] Binzy_Boi@piefed.social 1 points 2 months ago

I've bought them premade before, but it's also just a thing about diet and questions on if making them at home are any cheaper than buying them premade.

I've noticed the premade frozen ones at the store have a lot of sodium in them, and while I'm not specifically on a low-sodium diet, I also want to make sure I'm keeping things balanced. Making the burgers from scratch at home allows for me to theoretically control how much sodium is in the burgers.

But yeah, in terms of cost, assuming I find a recipe that holds together well, I think it'd be worth finding how the costs compare between the individual ingredients to make them at home, vs the cost of them premade, especially if I can then substitute the black beans for other beans that happen to be on sale like Red Kidney beans or Navy beans.