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Calculation of the geographical origin of products along the entire value chain<\/span><\/h1>[vc_column_text]Origin of products along the value chain.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”7\/12″ tablet_width=”1-2″ mobile_column_order=”1″ grve_css=”{“desktop“:{“margin-bottom“:“0“,“class“:“grve-wpb-1737549085478“},“mobile_landscape“:{“margin-bottom“:“25px“}}”]
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The Life-Cycle-oriented Origin Analysis (LCOA) method<\/span><\/span><\/h3>[\/vc_column][vc_column width=”3\/4″][vc_column_text]The Life-Cycle-oriented Origin Analysis (LCOA) is a method for systematically calculating the geographical origin of products. It was developed and tested in practice for food, but can in principle also be used for other types of products.<\/p>\n

The Technisches B\u00fcro Klade developed the method together with scientific partners. The aim was to record the origin of a product as completely as possible – from the raw materials used, intermediate products and processing steps to the finished packaged product.<\/p>\n

The methodological model is the life cycle assessment or the Life Cycle Assessment (LCA). A life cycle assessment examines the life cycle of a product in order to record its potential environmental impact. For this purpose, the product examined, the limits of the system under consideration and the requirements for the quality of the data used are clearly defined.<\/p>\n

The Life-Cycle-oriented Origin Analysis (LCOA) adopts essential methodological principles of the life cycle assessment, but pursues a different goal: instead of the environmental impact, it calculates the geographical origin of the components and value added shares of a product. This calculation is carried out in the \u201cOrigin Analysis\u201d module.<\/p>\n

Information about origin often only refers to individual raw materials or the final processing step. However, it is not always possible to determine from this what proportion of a product actually comes from a particular region. The Life-Cycle-oriented Origin Analysis (LCOA) therefore looks at the entire value chain.<\/p>\n

Compared with simple origin claims and regional labels, the method offers several advantages. It<\/p>\n