Product development with focus on sustainability in the production chain of cocoa

• Grant number: 12/24472-6
• Support Opportunities: Regular Research Grants
• Start date: July 01, 2013
• End date: June 30, 2015
• Field of knowledge: Interdisciplinary Subjects
• Principal Investigator: Guilherme de Castilho Queiroz
• Grantee: Guilherme de Castilho Queiroz
• Host Institution: Instituto de Tecnologia de Alimentos (ITAL). Agência Paulista de Tecnologia dos Agronegócios (APTA). Secretaria de Agricultura e Abastecimento (São Paulo - Estado). Campinas , SP, Brazil

Abstract

Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) is a tool to assess the potential environmental impacts associated with a product or service throughout its lifecycle. Employing the LCA makes it possible to evaluate the implementation of improvements to products or services. Environmental labels and declarations about the product can be based on LCA studies, the same as the development of products with less environmental impact. In the last twenty years, much has been developed in interdisciplinary research and standards related to sustainability, however, such methods are still rarely applied in the development of Brazilian products and also around the world, although they are fundamental for Global and Local Sustainable Development. The Brazil stands out as the world's sixth largest cocoa producer country, fifth largest cocoa processor, third largest chocolate producer and fifth largest chocolate consumer country. These data underscore the economic and social importance of cacao, and Brazil is the only country with the complete production chain. The pre-processing of cocoa and chocolate production is made by industries that have developed several projects related to sustainability around the world (as certified organic, fair trade, products with designation of origin, among others). The project goal is to deepen the knowledge about the certifications and indicators of socio-economic and environmental sustainability, and the challenge of applying them into the cocoa production chain, from the production of cocoa in Bahia State in Brazil, to the consumption and post-consumption of chocolate / packages. (AU)

Scientific publications

(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

GIOVANNA MARIA CAPPA HERNANDES; PRISCILLA EFRAIM; ADRIANA REIS DE ANDRADE SILVA; GUILHERME DE CASTILHO QUEIROZ. Pegada de carbono do cacau brasileiro produzido no estado do Pará. Brazilian Journal of Food Technology, v. 25, 2022-03-16. (12/24472-6)

DE ANDRADE SILVA, ADRIANA REIS; BIOTO, AMANDA SODRE; EFRAIM, PRISCILLA; QUEIROZ, GUILHERME DE CASTILHO. Impact of sustainability labeling in the perception of sensory quality and purchase intention of chocolate consumers. JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION, v. 141, p. 11-21, JAN 10 2017. (12/24472-6)