Emission Factor

Sugar - from sugar beet (beet sugar production)

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Emission factor summary

Emissions generated by the activity within the product supply chain as described in ecoinvent v3.10. The product 'sugar from sugar beet' is a processed agricultural product. The multioutput-process 'sugar beet in sugar refinery' delivers the co-products 'sugar from sugar beet at sugar refinery' and 'molasses from sugar beet at sugar refinery' and 'pulps from sugar beet at sugar refinery'. Sweet juice is extracted from the sugar beets by diffusion. The juice is then purified and crystallized to sugar. Molasses come as a by-product of the crystallization process. The cut-off classification is allocatable product. The activity type is ordinary transforming activity. The reference product amount is 1.

PropertyValue
NameSugar - from sugar beet (beet sugar production)
SectorAgriculture/Hunting/Forestry/Fishing
CategoryArable Farming
Sourceecoinvent
Region
Unit Type
Year
1998
Year Released
2023
Emission Factor
  • CO2e0000kg/kg
LCA Activity
unknown
Supported CO2e Calculation Method
AR5, AR6
Data Versioning
  • Status: Current

API Reference

Activity ID
arable_farming-type_sugar_from_sugar_beet_beet_sugar_production
UUID
bc73860a-540c-4358-a7c3-93e72013cfac
Code Snippet
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