Is avocado worse for the climate than beef?
Besvaret 4. november 2026
No. Per kilo, avocado is far below Danish beef:
| Food | kg CO2e per kg |
|---|---|
| Avocado, raw | 1.22 |
| Beef from dairy breeds | 10-12 |
| Beef from beef cattle | 26-37 |
| Minced beef, 15-20 percent fat | 45.47 |
| Minced beef, 5-10 percent fat | 50.61 |
Avocado and minced beef are from CONCITO's Danish climate database, the other two from a review by Aarhus University. CONCITO is a green think tank. About a fifth of avocado's footprint is transport. Minced beef is roughly 37 to 41 times heavier per kilo, and even the lowest beef figure is about 8 times avocado's. Beef figures depend a lot on method: across calculations they range from under 20 to well over 50 kg per kg.
Per kilo flatters avocado, though: it has 1.9 grams of protein per 100 grams against 17.8 for minced beef. Per 100 grams of protein that gives about 6.4 kg for avocado and 25.5 kg for minced beef, so beef is still about four times heavier.
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- CONCITO's klimadatabase med tal for ca. 540 fødevarer, version 1.2, 2025Ét studie · Datasæt · ca. 540 fødevarerDen Store Klimadatabase, version 1.2: data for det danske marked
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