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The utility of Life Cycle Assessment in the ready meal food industry

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  • Calderón, Luis Alberto
  • Iglesias, Loreto
  • Laca, Adriana
  • Herrero, Mónica
  • Díaz, Mario

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Lifestyle and consumer habits increasingly demand ready meals with high quality standards. A ready meal is a packaged food product already prepared for eating with minimum handling. Generally, ready meals only require heating or hydration, and can even consist of a complete prepared dish including all the ingredients, such as a stew. The ready meals industry uses raw materials with high environmental loads, needs energy and water and generates solid and liquid waste that must be properly managed. The environmental performance of the food industry is an issue of great importance for consumers, companies and administrative authorities responsible for environmental policies. This work demonstrates the utility of using the Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) approach to identify more sustainable options in the ready meals food sector.

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  • Calderón, Luis Alberto & Iglesias, Loreto & Laca, Adriana & Herrero, Mónica & Díaz, Mario, 2010. "The utility of Life Cycle Assessment in the ready meal food industry," Resources, Conservation & Recycling, Elsevier, vol. 54(12), pages 1196-1207.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:recore:v:54:y:2010:i:12:p:1196-1207
    DOI: 10.1016/j.resconrec.2010.03.015
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