Environmental life cycle assessment of fruit and vegetable processing industry products

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dc.contributor.authorAdal, Samiye
dc.contributor.authorErbay, Zafer
dc.date.accessioned2026-02-27T07:33:11Z
dc.date.available2026-02-27T07:33:11Z
dc.date.issued2025
dc.description.abstractFood processing is energy-intensive and often has unmeasured and mischaracterized environmental impacts (EI). However, sustainable food production is becoming more vital as food is a basic human necessity. Given that energy and environmental implications are significant concerns for policymakers, the analysis of the food supply chain has become crucial in this context. This study examines cradle-to-gate life cycle assessment (LCA) of tomato and sweet red pepper (SRP) products' EIs. Results demonstrated that transportation-diesel use, packaging materials, and fertilizer use affect greenhouse gas emissions, energy consumption, acidification, eutrophication, and other environmental effects. Diesel usage accounts for 65 % of SRP farming's global warming potential (GWP), followed by fertilizer at 17 %. Fresh SRP farming has a 0.0954 kg COQ-eq/kg GWP. Roasted SRP from 1 ton of fresh SRP produces 2250 kg COQ eq. Tin can packaging reduced the Abiotic (fossil) depletion potential (AFDP) by 52.8 % in roasted SRP manufacture. Dried SRP manufacture relies significantly on fertilizer, and 25 kg kraft bulk packaging reduced AFDP, ozone layer depletion, GWP, and human toxicity potential (HTP) by 49.2 %, 46.7 %, 22.9 %, and 19.4 %, respectively. The greenest option is biodiesel, followed by precision farming over all scenarios. One metric ton of fresh tomatoes has 120 kg COQ eq GWP. GWP is most affected by glass packaging in tomato juice production, at 34 %. It provides 31 % to AFDP, 25 % to freshwater aquatic ecotoxicity potential, and 55 % to HTP.
dc.description.sponsorshipScientific Research Projects Coordination Unit of Adana Alparslan Turkes Science and Technology University [23832001]
dc.description.sponsorshipThis paper is a part of Samiye Adal's doctoral thesis. We express our gratitude to the Scientific Research Projects Coordination Unit of Adana Alparslan Turkes Science and Technology University for their provision of financial assistance to project number 23832001.
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.fbp.2025.07.001
dc.identifier.endpage251
dc.identifier.issn0960-3085
dc.identifier.issn1744-3571
dc.identifier.startpage234
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.fbp.2025.07.001
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14669/4474
dc.identifier.volume153
dc.identifier.wosWOS:001529774700001
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Science
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherElsevier
dc.relation.ispartofFood and Bioproducts Processing
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanı
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess
dc.snmzKA_20260302
dc.subjectSustainable food processing
dc.subjectBiodiesel in agriculture
dc.subjectPrecision farming
dc.subjectTomato and sweet red pepper LCA
dc.subjectFood supply chain environmental impact
dc.subjectFruit and vegetable LCA
dc.titleEnvironmental life cycle assessment of fruit and vegetable processing industry products
dc.typeArticle

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