We maintain and advance the best scientific foundation for assessing the environmental impact of food.
Review our ReferencesSince 2009 we built a solid, comprehensive and peer-reviewed LCA-database on food items. It forms the firm backbone of all the calculations carried out by Eaternity.
To calculate the environmental impacts of food we use life cycle assessments (LCAs). The database is currently the largest and most comprehensive database for carrying out meal and product calculations. It includes more than 550 core ingredients and additional parameters for organic or greenhouse production, processing, packaging and preservation.
Calculations done with the Eaternity include all processes of the complete supply chain.
Eaternity's work on life-cycle assessments is done closely with renowned scientists in the field. To assure high data quality, comparability and comprehensiveness we:
The Eaternity Database is curated by scientists from Zurich University of applied Science (ZHAW), University of Zürich (UZH), Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich (ETHZ), Research Institute of Organic Agriculture (FiBL), Quantis, and others.
We believe in the power of sharing data and knowledge. Our vision is to contribute to a scientific knowledge hub on food and its’ related impacts. We want to contribute by supporting appropriate infrastructures for data management and harmonization and setting-up a structure for data exchange. By sharing our findings and fostering exchange we can accelerate the progress in research and jointly increase our impact.
Download: 2017-08-04-Eaternity-Database.pdfA life cycle assessment is a quantitative analysis of the environmental impact of a product, measured over its total life (from farm till plate). Life cycle assessments highlight which phases of a product‘s life cycle have the greatest potential to become more CO₂ efficient.
All of Eaternity's CO₂-values exclusively use scientific accredited CO₂ equivalents (CO₂e).
Smart Chefs - Health, Climate and Environment. Conflicts and Synergies. J. Ellens, I. O’Connor PhD, A. Aleksandrowicz PhD, M. Klarmann. Eaternity (2017-12-19) - full version - summary - summary (DE)
Vita Score - Whitepaper. A. Aleksandrowicz PhD, I. O’Connor PhD, M. Klarmann, J. Ellens. Eaternity (2017-12-12) - download whitepaper - Swiss health recommendation based on the Vita Score
Organic Production, Climate and the Environment. I. O’Connor PhD, M. Klarmann, J. Ellens. Eaternity 2017-09-27 - download results - Eatenity Award criteria based on the results
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