Where chips get their carbon
1.46
kg CO₂e / kg
Frying is two-thirds
🍳 Frying68%
🥔 The potato32%
A kilo of chips vs the raw potato.
A raw potato is one of the lightest foods there is. Fry it in oil and the footprint roughly triples: most of a chip's carbon is the cooking, not the spud.
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