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6. Glossary
Life cycle assessment (LCA); Analyse de cycle de vie (ACV)
A method for quantitatively assessing the environmental impacts associated with a product, process or activity, by measuring consumption and discharges throughout its life cycle.
Alternative; Alternative
Offering another choice. In our article, this could be a substitute or a new use, such as tofu.
Impact category; Catégorie d'impact
Class representing an environmental issue of concern as defined in ISO 14040. For example, climate change, land use change, ecotoxicity, etc.
Fermentation; Fermentation
Transformation of an organic substrate by one or more micro-organisms. It can be spontaneous or controlled. Depending on the metabolisms produced and the micro-organisms...
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Bibliography
Standards and norms
- Environmental management – Life cycle assessment – Principles and framework – In International Organization for Standardization (ISO), Geneva, Switzerland - ISO 14040 - 2006
- The IDF global carbon footprint standard for the dairy sector - IDF - 2022
- Product Environmental Footprint Category Rules for vegetable oil and protein meal industry products - FEDIOL - 2022
- Product Category Rules for starch...
Regulations
CJEU – Judgment of the Court (Seventh Chamber) of June 14, 2017 on the names used for the promotion and marketing of pure plant foods (2017).
Patents
GARRIC (G.), LÉONIL (J.), JEANTET (R.), GAUCHERON (F.), SCHUCK (P.) and LORTAL (S.). – Process for the manufacture of a cheese foodstuff, advantageously of the cheese, cheese speciality or cheese substitute type – WO2016108024A1., July 7, 2016.
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