Sustainability of insect use for feed and food: Life Cycle Assessment perspective

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 137, Issue , 2016, Pages 741-751

  Smetana, Sergiy ^a   Palanisamy, Megala ^a   Mathys, Alexander ^b   Heinz, Volker ^a  

^a German Institute of Food Technologies (DIL e V)   (Germany)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Black soldier fly; Environmental impact; Lack of proteins in Europe; LCA; Production scenarios

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENTS; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; FERTILIZERS; FOOD PROCESSING; MEATS; PROTEINS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

BIOMASS PROCESSING; BLACK SOLDIER FLY; ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE; HOLISTIC APPROACH; LACK OF PROTEINS IN EUROPE; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); TRADITIONAL PRODUCTS; WHEY PROTEIN POWDERS;

LIFE CYCLE;

EID: 84989870124     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2016.07.148     Document Type: Article

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