Dataset on the Life Cycle Assessment of pizzas produced in different contexts and with real-world variability in consumer practices

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Human food consumption is responsible for significant environmental impacts, which in recent years have been the focus of an increasing amount of research. One of the major results of these efforts has been an appreciation for the ways in which impacts can differ among products. To date, though, relatively little is known about possible differences in the environmental performance of a single food product that is made or produced in different contexts. Furthermore, the influence of consumer practices, such as cooking time or cleaning method, has not yet been investigated. This dataset therefore provides information i) to compare the environmental impacts of a single food product—in this case, pizza—that is produced in different contexts (industrial, homemade, and assembled at home) and ii) to investigate the influence of real-world consumer practices on these impacts. Two study models were used: a ham-and-cheese pizza and a mixed-cheese pizza. The functional units examined were one pizza and 1 kg of ready-to-eat pizza. The system perimeter extended from the agricultural production of ingredients to the consumption of the pizza at home. All inventory data related to the steps occurring before purchase (including storage at the supermarket) came from databases or the literature, while inventory data related to the steps occurring after the sale were obtained from questionnaires answered by 69 consumers who prepared and consumed the six pizzas (two recipes x three methods of preparation) at home. Background data were selected in the AGRIBALYSE 3.0 and Ecoinvent 3.6 databases. The environmental impacts of the six pizzas were calculated by Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) using the characterization method "EF 3.0 Method (adapted) V1.00 / EF 3.0 normalization and weighting set” in SimaPro software. To compare the environmental impacts of the six pizzas, 69 LCAs were performed for each; to compensate for missing data from incomplete questionnaires, we performed random draws from the available data to generate the life cycle inventory for each assessment. The data obtained in this study can be used to make recommendations to consumers regarding more environmentally friendly food choices and practices.

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DOI https://doi.org/10.57745/LMBUNB
Metadata Access https://entrepot.recherche.data.gouv.fr/oai?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=oai_datacite&identifier=doi:10.57745/LMBUNB
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Creator Pénicaud, Caroline ORCID logo; Cortesi, Adeline; Colpaert, Marine; Saint-Eve, Anne; Maurice, Bastien; Yannou-Le Bris, Gwenola; Souchon, Isabelle
Publisher Recherche Data Gouv
Contributor Pénicaud, Caroline
Publication Year 2023
Rights etalab 2.0; info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess; https://spdx.org/licenses/etalab-2.0.html
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Contact Pénicaud, Caroline (INRAE)
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Discipline Agriculture, Forestry, Horticulture; Geosciences; Engineering Sciences; Agricultural Sciences; Agriculture, Forestry, Horticulture, Aquaculture; Agriculture, Forestry, Horticulture, Aquaculture and Veterinary Medicine; Construction Engineering and Architecture; Earth and Environmental Science; Engineering; Environmental Research; Life Sciences; Natural Sciences