Explaining the Differences between the Environmental Impacts of 44 French Artisanal Cheeses

Cheese production causes significant environmental impacts, which have to be reduced. In France, a lot of different cheeses are available, made from milks but also cheese technologies. The goal this study was understand the origin impact variation between technologies and produced using ripening practices. To do so, impacts 44 types French artisanal cheese, all under protected designation (PDO) labels, were assessed life cycle assessment. fully described two scenarios investigated. Results show that differences mainly come from: milk type (cow, goat, or sheep), amount needed produce one kilogram energetic performance room, time. Such results could useful cheesemakers identify their products implement effective actions reduce them. According results, innovations leading reduction in electrical consumption during interesting explore order increase cheese.