Designing a beef burger
Processed Food
Processing food uses a lot of energy, mainly in the processing itself, but also in producing packaging and keeping in fridges and freezers
The beefburger contains –
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Packaging
Plastic container (2 types of plastic)
Piece of cardboard with special surface for going in microwave oven
Plastic sachet for tomato sauce
Plastic sachet for cheese slice
Burger 75%
Beef 75%; Beef fat; Water; Texturised soya protein 5%; Dextrose; Flavour enhancer E621; Salt; Sugar;
Burger continued
Stabiliser E451; Egg white powder; Flavourings; Hydrolised vegetable protein; Malt extract; Yeast extract; Colour E150c
Sesame seed bun 41%
Wheat flour; Water; Vegetable; oil; Yeast; Sesame seeds; Salt; Sugar; Emulsifiers E472e, E471; Preservative E282; Flour treatment agent E300
Processed cheese 8%
Cheese; Water; Butter; Whey powder; Milk proteins; Emulsifying salts E452, E339; Salt; Calcium phosphate; Colours; beta carotone; Paprika extract
Tomato ketchup 6%
Tomato paste; Glucose-fructose syrup; Vinegar; Modified maize starch; Salt; Sugar; Preservative E202; Herbs; Spices; Onion extract; flavouring
Carbon Footprint
The burger seems to have been made in Northern Ireland.
This huge variety of ingredients will have come from a variety of places.
Carbon Footprint
Virtually all the ingredients will have had some processing in other factories before they get to this one.
Carbon Footprint
Getting an exact figure for the footprint of the burger is very hard because there are so many ingredients.
Activities
Activity 1
A number of the ingredients come from beef or dairy cattle.
Which ones are they?
Activity 2
Map the lifecycle of a pizza
You can draw it out or use CAT’s Where’s the Impact? Cards
Activity 2
Which ingredients have a significant impact?