Vegan alternatives to pork
Swap matrix
Use these instead
jackfruit
seitan
Why the swap works
The texture pulls apart and bites the same way once cooked and seasoned.
The numbers
Swapping one kilo saves about 11 kg CO₂e. Do it once a week for a year and you avoid roughly 143 kg CO₂e — the same as driving a petrol car 715 km.
Sources: Poore & Nemecek (Science, 2018), FAO, USDA FoodData Central, Mekonnen & Hoekstra (2011).
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