Supermarket food could soon carry eco-labels, says study
Scientists hope that a scoring system will lead manufacturers to compete over sustainability. …
Under the algorithm, the higher the score, the higher the environmental impact. As expected, foods containing more meat and dairy score much higher than those with more plant-based ingredients. By contrast, many meat alternatives such as plant-based sausages or burgers, had between a fifth and less than a tenth of the environmental impact of meat-based equivalents.
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