Sesame Oil
Carbon Footprint
3.62kg CO₂e
Similar footprint to: 1× Burrito (restaurant)
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Climate Impact
$0.82
LCA Industry Classification:
NAICS 311224 — Vegetable oils made in crushing mills
Reasoning:
The activity produces sesame oil, an oil extracted from oilseeds. This NAICS title covers vegetable oils made in crushing mills, which matches the material (oilseed) and the processing steps (crushing, extraction, refining, packaging) described.
The activity involves producing sesame oil from sesame seeds. It includes cleaning and preparing the seeds, extracting the oil (e.g., by mechanical pressing or solvent extraction), refining the extracted oil, and packaging the final product.
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