Supermarket Food Could Soon Carry Eco-Labels, Says Study

vegetable shopping girl woman grocery grocery vegetables groceries supermarket Supermarket Food Could Soon Carry Eco-Labels, Says Study

Takeaways:

  • Scientists have developed a public database to estimate the composition of thousands of food products and their impact.
  • The Oxford team estimated the composition of 57,000 foods and drinks and then assessed the impact of growing methods, processing and transport against greenhouse gas emissions and impacts on nature.
  • As a result, supermarket shoppers could soon be checking the environmental impact of food before putting it in their shopping carts.

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