Potential for improving the carbon footprint of butter and blend products

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 94, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 5833-5841

  Flysjo A ^a,b  

^a Arla Foods   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Butter; Carbon footprint; Dairy production; Life cycle assessment

Indexed keywords

FAT; MILK PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BUTTER; CARBON FOOTPRINT; CATTLE; CHEMISTRY; DAIRY PRODUCT; FOOD HANDLING; FOOD PACKAGING; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; MILK; STANDARD; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ANIMALS; BUTTER; CARBON FOOTPRINT; CATTLE; DAIRY PRODUCTS; FATS; FOOD PACKAGING; FOOD TECHNOLOGY; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; MILK; MILK PROTEINS; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 82155170616     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2011-4545     Document Type: Article

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