Environmental Life Cycle Assessment of goat cheese production in Brazil: a path towards sustainability

Cabral, Caroline Ferreira Soares; Veiga, Lilian Bechara Elabras; Araújo, Marcelo Guimarães; Souza, Simone Lorena Quiterio de

doi:10.1016/j.lwt.2020.109550

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“…In Brazil, Cabral (2018) performed an LCA to analyze the environmental impacts of goat milk and goat cheese production and concluded that the major environmental impacts come predominantly from goat milk production, specifically from land use and animal feed, composed of soybean and corn concentrate, the main source of goat feed (Cabral et al, 2020). Almeida et al (2020) used LCA approach, from gate-to-gate to evaluate the environmental impacts of the production of mozzarella cheese and reported that the greater environmental impacts were associated with the production of milk at the dairy farm, for all impact categories studied.…”

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Life cycle assessment of minas frescal cheese and cured minas cheese: a comparative analysis

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Brazil is a large producer of dairy products, with an important role of milk in the country's economy beyond the nutritional aspects. In turn, the dairy industry is associated with environmental impacts, such as water and energy consumption, waste generation, liquid effluents, and atmospheric emissions. Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) is an environmental management tool used to measure the environmental impacts of goods, services, and products. This study used the LCA to assess the impacts resulting from the production of Minas Frescal and cured Minas cheese in an artisanal production facility in Casimiro de Abreu, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. LCA results showed that the most significant environmental impacts were associated with the dairy farm under study, which is a source of greenhouse gases (GHG) emissions from livestock, particularly methane (CH4), produced through enteric fermentation and manure decomposition, mainly contributing for the impact categories of climate change (31.56%) and human toxicity with carcinogenic effects (35.46%). The cured Minas cheese presented higher impacts when compared to Minas Frescal cheese due to the larger volume of milk used in the manufacturing process. Thus, the present study suggested mitigation measures to lower the environmental impacts based on adjustments in animal feed to reduce atmospheric emissions.

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“…Consumption of goat's milk and its manufactured dairy products has raised attention due to the high nutritive values and sensorial attributes, even superior to those of bovine's milk (Kovácová et al, 2021;Turkmen, 2017;Masotti, et al, 2012). Goat's milk is composed of 4% lipids (98% triacylglycerols), 3.5% of proteins, 4% of lactose, 1% ashes, and water, with an important content of minerals such as zinc, manganese, calcium, selenium, copper, and vitamins like vitamin A (retinol), vitamin B2 (riboflavin), and vitamin B3 (niacin) (Ferrerira Soares Cabral et al, 2020;Lima et al, 2016). Most goat's milk is marketed as unpasteurized products like sweets, fresh cheeses, gourmet quality dairy pastes, and hard cheeses especially used in gourmet products, which are mainly manufactured under traditional domestic processes, achieving higher prices per kilogram in the market and seen as refined products with high added value (Ferrerira Soares Cabral et al, 2020;Pulina et al, 2018;Andrade-Montemayor, 2017).…”

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Evaluation of physicochemical, rheological, textural and thermal properties of Mexican manchego-type cheese manufactured from goat s milk

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“…However, feed and, particularly, purchased fodder are the main hotspots in other impact categories, such as freshwater eutrophication, soil use, and depletion of fossil and renewable mineral resources (/ib). In the same vein, Soares-Cabral et al [ 46 ] analyze how the partial replacement of soya with grass or hay may be an important driver of reduction in energy consumption.…”

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Energetic and Monetary Analysis of Efficiency in Family-Owned Dairy Goat Production Systems in Andalusia (Southern Spain)

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Morales-Jerrett,

Soler-Montiel

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The family-owned dairy goat sector in Andalusia presents great diversity. Taking into account the particularities of their economic strategies, which are focused on generating net value added and a stable long-term remuneration for family labor, this work aims to expand the scarce existing knowledge on the energetic and economic profiles of the different caprine management systems in a context of climate and energy crisis. For this purpose, twenty-one farms, representatives of the four typologies of the Andalusian dairy goat system, were monitored for one year: pastoral systems, grazing systems with high feed supply, indoor systems with associated crops, and indoor systems without associated crops. Technical-economic information was obtained that allowed the calculation of energy and economic indicators. In terms of socialized output, the differences found were due to the energy derived from milk sales, which was clearly lower in pastoral systems. The higher proportion of energy output obtained from manure with respect to edible products (milk and meat) highlights the importance of the former in energetic terms. High values for external inputs are found in the intensive group (111.22 GJ LSU−1), while the lowest results correspond to the pastoral group (36.96 GJ LSU−1). The main external input is the energy proceeding from purchased feed, which accounts for over 79% of the total external energy input in all four groups. The highest energy efficiency corresponds to the pastoral group, which is also the most efficient one in the use of non-renewable energy to produce milk and meat. Additionally, the level of eco-efficiency is higher in pastoral systems. Common Agricultural Policy funds contribute to increasing the remuneration of family work in pastoral systems, assimilating it to the rest of the systems. Therefore, intensification does not imply an absolute monetary advantage in all cases, while extensification can be remunerative for family-owned dairy farming.

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Environmental Life Cycle Assessment of goat cheese production in Brazil: a path towards sustainability

Cited by 18 publications

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Life cycle assessment of minas frescal cheese and cured minas cheese: a comparative analysis

Life cycle assessment of minas frescal cheese and cured minas cheese: a comparative analysis

Evaluation of physicochemical, rheological, textural and thermal properties of Mexican manchego-type cheese manufactured from goat s milk

Energetic and Monetary Analysis of Efficiency in Family-Owned Dairy Goat Production Systems in Andalusia (Southern Spain)

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