Carbon Footprint and Nutrition of 320 Recipes from Eight Chinese Cuisines

Chinese cuisine recipes are quantified for cradle-to-table carbon footprint and nutritional profiles. The dataset contains 320 recipes from eight cuisines, covering nine ingredients and 13 cooking methods. It was authored by Aiqun Guan and last updated on 2026-04 17.

Use Cases

• Estimate the environmental impact of Chinese dishes based on quantified carbon footprint data.
• Analyze nutritional profiles across different Chinese culinary traditions.
• Model the effects of ingredient and cooking method choices on carbon emissions and nutrition.
• Support policy analysis for carbon labeling and low-carbon dietary transitions based on standardized recipe data.

Strengths

• Provides standardized data for 320 distinct recipes.
• Covers eight distinct Chinese cuisines, nine ingredients, and 13 cooking methods.
• Quantifies both environmental (carbon footprint) and health (nutritional profiles) metrics.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.

Provenance

Source

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Collection Method

Quantification of cradle-to-table carbon footprint and nutritional profiles for recipes.

Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-17 08:42:16; freshness should be verified.

Geography

China (implied by focus on Chinese eight cuisines)