Mussels: carbon footprint

Carbonle#8 of 14

🦪Carbon footprintMussels

5.33kg CO₂e / kg

1 kg

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Mussels comes in at about 5.33 kg CO₂e / kg (1 kg).

Of the 14 kitchen foods Carbonle tracks, Mussels sits at #8 from the lightest — mid-pack.

Shellfish that beats chicken, and a quarter of what farmed prawns cost.

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Figures from ADEME AGRIBALYSE 3.2 (2025), via impactco2.fr; Licence Ouverte 2.0, licensed Licence Ouverte 2.0.
How we get these numbers: Methodology.