Foodprint calculator

Making the right food choices offers great potential for greenhouse gas savings. There are dozens of food print calculators that can be used to calculate the climate footprint of foods and dishes.

• You can use the list of Poore & Nemecek to get an initial overview and calculate the greenhouse gas emissions of various food.

• Earth Day offers a selection of different climate foodprint calculators that show how your food choices affect the environment.

• The Vegan Society Carbon Food Calculator is available free of charge and is an excellent tool for calculating the climate foodprint of individual meals.

When choosing a calculator to calculate the climate footprint of a meal, keep in mind that a calculator is only as useful as the food database behind it and that data varies from country to country.