Table 3. The carbon footprint for each food item from production to cooking

Items GHG emissions (g CO2e/portion) Reference
Production Transportation Cooking Total
Rice
 Rice 53 5 57 115 FACT (2012)
 Brown rice 60 6 94 160 FACT (2012)
 Barley rice 50 5 65 120 FACT (2012)
Side dish
 Kimchi 70 6 0 76 FACT (2012)
 Seasoned spinach 60 5 71 136 FACT (2012)
 Braised black bean 67 3 100 170 FACT (2012)
 Grilled croaker 30 10 50 90 MoE (2010)
 Steamed egg 134 3 51 188 FACT (2012)
 Braised shishito pepper 206 10 10 226 MoE (2010)
 Radish water kimchi 22 2 3 27 FACT (2012)
 Seasoned bean sprout 29 2 30 61 FACT (2012)
 Seasoned mung bean 59 5 35 99 FACT (2012)
 Radish kimchi 64 4 0 68 FACT (2012)
 Whole radish kimchi 50 4 2 56 FACT (2012)
 Perilla leave pickle 40 1 30 71 FACT (2012)
 Japchae with shiitake mushroom 447 5 106 558 FACT (2012)
 Spicy stir fried pork 432 7 21 460 FACT (2012)
 Lettuce fresh kimchi 110 0 0 110 MoE (2010)
 Seasoned eggplant 447 5 13 465 MoE (2010)
Broth, stew
 Potato seaweed soup 40 2 93 135 MoE (2010)
 Beef seaweed soup 568 2 93 663 FACT (2012)
 Kimchi stew 383 10 94 487 FACT (2012)
 Enoki tofu doenjang soup 170 5 142 317 Both (2012)
 Korean wild chive doenjang jjigae 271 6 94 371 FACT (2012)
 Napa cabbage soup 114 5 142 261 Both (2012)
Adapted from Toram & Ministry of Environment (MoE) and The Foundation of Agriculture Technology Commercialization and Transfer (FACT) [19,20].
GHG, greenhouse gas; CO2e, CO2 equivalent.