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A new label has been developed to help consumers learn about the carbon footprint of cooking various foods.
According to the Telegraph, the pioneering eco-label will initially be seen on Quaker Oats porridge.
It will show consumers the average emissions created by different cooking methods, as well as the amount of carbon dioxide that is used to produce the food.
Within the UK, carbon emissions from gas are approximately three times lower than those from electricity as a result of the amount of coal used in electricity production.
Because of this, microwaving porridge creates more emissions than cooking it on a stove, a fact which will be detailed on the label, the newspaper explained.
The Carbon Trust is behind the new scheme, which it plans to roll out to the packaging of most foods and household products.
“We want to start explaining to people not just the impact of their purchase choices but also the impacts they have in the home and more importantly what they can do to reduce those impacts,” the organisation’s Euan Murray told the Telegraph.
Quaker Oats cereals are produced by PepsiCo, which outlined plans to reduce its carbon footprint in its Environmental Sustainability report last year.
In 2007, the company produced a total of 209,797 tonnes of CO2 emissions.
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