Dairy accounts for the largest fraction of veggie's GHG emissions

Modeling studies (Hitaj et al., 2019; Blackstone et al., 2020) have shown that dairy accounted for the largest fraction (31–43%) of GHGE in healthy plant-based diet patterns. These studies were based on the healthy recommended diet, not actual food behaviour.

Conrad et al., 2023 showed that refined grains accounted for the largest share of GHGE (35%), followed by dairy (14%) in plant based americans