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Life-Cycle Assessment of Dairy Products - Case Study of Regional Cheese Produced in Portugal

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dc.contributor.authorNunes, Óscar Soares
dc.contributor.authorGaspar, Pedro Dinis
dc.contributor.authorNunes, José
dc.contributor.authorQuinteiro, Paula
dc.contributor.authorDias, Ana Cláudia
dc.contributor.authorGodina, Radu
dc.date.accessioned2022-03-29T15:21:36Z
dc.date.available2022-03-29T15:21:36Z
dc.date.issued2020-09-18
dc.description.abstractNowadays, there is a growing promotion to label products ecologically in European markets. Knowing that daily products have relevant environmental impact associated with their production, it is of utmost importance to analyse all the related production processes for a better understanding of each process impact. The present study analysed the potential environmental impacts of a Portuguese regional product, the Beira Baixa cheese, coming from the largest national sheep milk region. So, a life cycle assessment (LCA) methodology is used from -cradle-to -gate, including the supplying of the animal feedstock. Impact calculations are performed using the ReCiPe midpoint 2008 method, allowing an analysis of the environmental impacts contributing to climate change, terrestrial acidification, freshwater and marine eutrophication of all productive processes. The results have shown that the greatest impacts occur within the milk production process for all four selected impact categories. This happens mainly due to the fodder cultivation process, also necessary to produce animal feed, which contain processes of fertilization and land preparation. The enteric fermentation and manure management processes have also shown relevant contributions. The impact assessment also showed that the cheesemaking industry has practically insignificant impacts. Nonetheless, the cheesemaking industry can promote their business with these results, by advertising and marketing their product as environmentally friendly, with production processes causing reduced impacts, and therefore also their products.pt_PT
dc.description.sponsorshipPedro Dinis Gaspar acknowledges Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT—MCTES) for its financial support via the project UIDB/00151/2020 (C-MAST—Centre for Mechanical and Aerospace Science and Technologies). Ana Cláudia Dias and Paula Quinteiro acknowledge FCT-MCTES for the contracts CEECIND/02174/2017 and CEECIND/00143/2017, respectively, and for the financial support to CESAM (UIDB/50017/2020+UIDP/50017/2020), through national funds. Radu Godina acknowledges Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT—MCTES) for its financial support via the project UIDB/00667/2020 (UNIDEMI).pt_PT
dc.description.versioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionpt_PT
dc.identifier.doi10.3390/pr8091182pt_PT
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.6/12131
dc.language.isoengpt_PT
dc.peerreviewedyespt_PT
dc.relationCentre for Environmental and Marine Studies
dc.relationResearch and Development Unit for Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
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dc.relationCentre for Environmental and Marine Studies
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dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/pt_PT
dc.subjectLife Cycle Assessmentpt_PT
dc.subjectDairy Industrypt_PT
dc.subjectCheese Production Processpt_PT
dc.subjectReCiPe Methodpt_PT
dc.subjectCradle-to-gatept_PT
dc.titleLife-Cycle Assessment of Dairy Products - Case Study of Regional Cheese Produced in Portugalpt_PT
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oaire.citation.issue9pt_PT
oaire.citation.startPage1182pt_PT
oaire.citation.titleProcessespt_PT
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