Plant-based giant Beyond Meat has revealed the results of its latest LCA on its flagship burger and made its first carbon disclosure submission in November.
Beyond Meat has released the climate impact data of the latest iteration of its plant-based burger, reiterating its environmental superiority over conventional beef.The Californian company unveiled its Beyond IV platform of products in early 2024, swapping canola and coconut oils for avocado oil and adding fava beans and red lentils to the formulation of its beef mince and burger.
The changes were meant to boost the taste and nutritional credentials of Beyond Meat’s alternatives, but they also altered the product’s environmental footprint.
Beyond Meat has previously released life-cycle assessment (LCA) results for the first and third versions of the Beyond Burger, the latter coming in 2023. The latest study looks at Beyond Burger IV, and reveals similar reductions in emissions, land use, and water consumption compared to beef.
The LCA focused on global warming impact, non-renewable energy use, water consumption, and land use. The data shows that burger manufacturing is the single-largest contributor to the Beyond Burger’s greenhouse gas emissions, accounting for 18.6% of the total.
As a category, though, the production of ingredients is the main culprit responsible for the burger’s climate footprint, totalling 34.9% of its emissions, 25% of its non-renewable energy use, 90% of land use, and 75% of water consumption.
Within the ingredients, the highest impact comes from pea protein, which makes up 8.3% of its emissions, 55% of its land use impact, and 8% of its non-renewable energy use. Avocado oil leads the way in terms of water consumption (contributing to 53% of the total), and accounts for 7.7% of the Beyond Burger IV’s emissions, 12% of its land use, and 3.9% of its fossil energy consumption. More of this articles (green queen) - link - more like this (plant based food) - link - more like this (beyond meat) - link
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