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SAFAD
Sustainability Assessment of
Foods and Diets

Calculate the impact of foods and diets using eight environmental indicators and indicators for animal welfare and use of antibiotics.

Version: 1.264 (2025-02-21)

Impacts from foods

Footprints shown here are for foods on the market of the choosen country, while considering the origin of the raw commodities. For example, a share of a commodity (e.g. wheat or tomateos) can be grown domestically while the rest is imported. The footprint of the commoditiy is thus an average of the footprint from these countries weighted according to the shares of the production taking place in different countries. Footprints here also account for waste in production, at the retailer and at the consumer.

Download footprints of all foods

Plain data (.csv):
Spreadsheet (.xlsx):

Carbon footprint preview (per kg food)

Lifecycle Stage

Transport

Packaging

Processing

Manure management

Enteric fermentation

Land use change

Soil emissions

Capital goods

Energy, primary production

Mineral fertiliser production

Environmental Impacts

Cropland use

Blue water use

New N use

New P use

Ammonia

Pesticides

Biodiversity impact from land use

Animal welfare index

Antibiotics use index

Impacts from diet

Selected diet: National Food Administration (2003), average diet of other children in Sweden

The footprints for the whole diet is calculated by multiplying the amount of different food products with the footprints of the food items. Download the footprints below, or see the charts on this page for examples of what the data can show.

Upon changing the country at the top of the page, another diet will be selected. If you want to test a modified or custom diet, you can upload a file towards the bottom of the page.

Download footprints of the selected diet

Plain data:
Spreadsheet:

Impacts in relation to the planetary boundaries

Carbon footprintCropland useNew N useNew P useWaterBiodiversity impact

Contributions to impacts from different food groups

Foods category

Other foods

Composite foods

Snacks and desserts

Alcoholic beverages

Non-alcoholic beverages

Sugar and confectionary

Fats and oils

Fruit

Fruit and vegetable juices

Vegetables

Legumes and nuts

Starchy products

Grain-based foods

Dairy products

Eggs

Fish and other seafood

Meat products

Contributions to impacts from different raw commodities

Commodity category

Other

Fruits

Vegetables

Legumes, nuts and oilseeds

Roots and tubers

Grains

Milk

Eggs

Fish and other seafood

Meats

Contributions to the carbon footprint from different gases and lifecycle stages

Nitrous oxide

Carbon dioxide

Methane, biogenic

Methane, fossil

Transport

Packaging

Processing

Manure management

Enteric fermentation

Mineral fertiliser

Energy, primary production

Capital goods

Soil emissions

Land use change

Configure Data

In the SAFAD tool, input data (Input, parameter, and emission factor files) can easily be configured. To configure a file, download the default file using the Download file button. Once configured, the custom file can be uploaded using the Upload Custom file. The custom file must be in the same format and uploaded as a .csv file. When all custom files are uploaded, the new footprint for the diet or foods can be downloaded.

Input Data

Footprints of raw primary commodities, e.g. wheat, tomatoes, beef etc.

SAFAD ID Footprints RPC.csv (default, last updated 2025-02-12)
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Specification of the diet to be assessed, i.e. amounts of different foods

SAFAD ID Diet Spec SE.csv (default, last updated 2024-03-20)
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Parameter Files

Recipes of the foods, e.g. the amount of flour, oil and water in 1 kg bread

SAFAD IP Recipes.csv (default, last updated 2024-06-10)
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Specification of the SFA recipe file

SAFAD IP SFA Recipes.csv (default, last updated 2025-02-04)
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Origin and waste level of raw primary commodities

SAFAD IP Origin and Waste of RPC SE.csv (default, last updated 2024-09-09)
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Energy demand for different processing processes

SAFAD IP Energy Proc.csv (default, last updated 2024-03-01)
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Preparation Processes

SAFAD IP Preparation Processes.csv (default, last updated 2024-03-19)
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Packaging codes for different foods

SAFAD IP Packaging.csv (default, last updated 2024-03-04)
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Food waste at retail and at the consumer

SAFAD IP Waste Retail and Cons SE.csv (default, last updated 2024-03-04)
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Emissions Factors

Emission factors for different packaging materials

SAFAD IEF Packaging.csv (default, last updated 2024-03-04)
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Emission factors for energy sources

SAFAD IEF Energy.csv (default, last updated 2024-03-04)
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Emission factors for transports between countries

SAFAD IEF Transport.csv (default, last updated 2024-03-08)
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Download complete data package

Complete package of files

Download a zip-file with all input- and output files bundled together.