Chicken meat (kyllingekød)
Chicken meat is produced by slaughtering the chicken produced in agriculture.
The main processes influenced by a demand for chicken meat in the retail store are shown in the figure below.
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Slaughterhouse waste (heads, legs, intestines etc.) is converted into bone meal and meat meal etc. The products were previously used as ingredient in animal feed but are presently incinerated due to fear of BSE. The contributions to global warming from these processes are to small to be included in the above diagram
The table below shows potential environmental impacts associated with a demand of one kg uncut fresh and frozen chicken.
Fresh chicken
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Impact category
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Unit | Ex slaughterhouse |
Ex retail |
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Conventional |
Organic |
Conventional |
Organic |
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Global warming |
g CO2-eq. |
3110 |
3160 |
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Acidification |
g SO2-eq. |
47.5 |
47.9 |
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| Nutrient enrichment | g NO3-eq. |
206 |
207 |
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| Photochemical smog | g ethene eq. |
0.535 |
0.624 |
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| Landuse | m2 year |
5 |
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5
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| Location in database: Material/Food from industry/From Slaughterhouses/Chicken and Material/Food from supermarket/Cooling counter/Chicken, fresh in supermarket |
Frozen chicken
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Impact category
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Unit | Ex slaughterhouse |
Ex retail |
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Conventional |
Organic |
Conventional |
Organic |
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Global warming |
g CO2-eq. |
3280 |
3650 |
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Acidification |
g SO2-eq. |
47.7 |
48.3 |
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| Nutrient enrichment | g NO3-eq. |
206 |
208 |
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| Photochemical smog | g ethene eq. |
0.55 |
0.672 |
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| Landuse | m2 year |
5 |
5
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| Location in database: Material/Food from industry/From Slaughterhouses/Chicken and Material/Food from supermarket/Freezing counter/Chicken, fresh in supermarket |