Autores
Ian Vázquez-Rowe, Jara Laso, María Margallo, Isabel Garcia-Herrero, Daniel Hoehn, Francisco Amo-Setién, Alba Bala, Rebeca Abajas, Carmen Sarabia, María Jesús Durá, Pere Fullana-i-Palmer, Rubén Aldaco
Fecha de publicación
2020/7
Revista
The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment
Volumen
25
Número
7
Páginas
1197-1209
Editor
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Descripción
Purpose
The main purpose of this article is to assess the nutritional and economic efficiency of food loss and waste (FLW) along the supply of 13 food categories included in the Spanish food basket by means of the definition of a new method which combines two indexes.
Methods
The nutrient-rich foods index and the economic food loss and waste (EFLW) index were combined by means of linear programming to obtain the nutritional cost footprint (NCF) indicator under a life cycle perspective. The functional unit used was the daily supply of food for a Spanish citizen in year 2015.
Results and discussion
Results showed that vegetables and cereals were the food categories most affected by the inefficiencies in the food supply chain under a nutritional perspective, being agricultural production and household consumption …
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