Life Cycle Analysis of Sotol Production in Mexico

Sotol is a Mexican distilled spirit produced in Northern Mexico. The estimated annual production of sotol is at around 5,200 hl per year. This industry grows at an average rate of 5% per year. The Mexican Sotol Council and the Sotol Certificate Council are regulatory bodies dedicated to monitoring t...

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Autores principales:	Juan Manuel Madrid-Solórzano, Jorge Luis García-Alcaraz, Emilio Jiménez Macías, Eduardo Martínez Cámara, Julio Blanco Fernández
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Publicado:	Frontiers Media S.A. 2021
Materias:	life cycle assessment (LCA) sotol production environmental impact (EI) Chihuahua wine liquor Nutrition. Foods and food supply TX341-641 Food processing and manufacture TP368-456
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:bbd312fbc4fc4d8fbae3079cf5a0040c2021-11-10T08:01:34ZLife Cycle Analysis of Sotol Production in Mexico2571-581X10.3389/fsufs.2021.769478https://doaj.org/article/bbd312fbc4fc4d8fbae3079cf5a0040c2021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fsufs.2021.769478/fullhttps://doaj.org/toc/2571-581XSotol is a Mexican distilled spirit produced in Northern Mexico. The estimated annual production of sotol is at around 5,200 hl per year. This industry grows at an average rate of 5% per year. The Mexican Sotol Council and the Sotol Certificate Council are regulatory bodies dedicated to monitoring that sotol producers comply with the Official Mexican Standard NOM-159-SCFI-2004. Currently, those regulatory bodies try to improve the sotol production process and good practice guidelines to contribute to cleaner production. This paper reports a case study of artisanal sotol production in Chihuahua State in Mexico. Life cycle assessment (LCA) technique was used to compute the environmental impact of sotol and its performance to identify system hotspots and propose improvement interventions. SimaPro software, v.9.1®, is used for the LCA, applying CML-IA baseline V3.05/EU25 method to evaluate and select environmental impact categories. The system boundary included the stages of harvest, cooking, milling, fermentation, distillation, bottling, and packaging. The findings indicate that each of the stages required for sotol beverage processing significantly affects the marine ecosystem. The milling and bottling stages have the highest environmental impact. A 750-ml bottle of artisan sotol causes 5.92 kg CO2 eq, based on empirical data. Sotol makers should focus on reducing energy consumption caused by input transportation and equipment for milling.Juan Manuel Madrid-SolórzanoJorge Luis García-AlcarazEmilio Jiménez MacíasEduardo Martínez CámaraJulio Blanco FernándezFrontiers Media S.A.articlelife cycle assessment (LCA)sotol productionenvironmental impact (EI)Chihuahua wineliquorNutrition. Foods and food supplyTX341-641Food processing and manufactureTP368-456ENFrontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, Vol 5 (2021)
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topic	life cycle assessment (LCA) sotol production environmental impact (EI) Chihuahua wine liquor Nutrition. Foods and food supply TX341-641 Food processing and manufacture TP368-456
spellingShingle	life cycle assessment (LCA) sotol production environmental impact (EI) Chihuahua wine liquor Nutrition. Foods and food supply TX341-641 Food processing and manufacture TP368-456 Juan Manuel Madrid-Solórzano Jorge Luis García-Alcaraz Emilio Jiménez Macías Eduardo Martínez Cámara Julio Blanco Fernández Life Cycle Analysis of Sotol Production in Mexico
description	Sotol is a Mexican distilled spirit produced in Northern Mexico. The estimated annual production of sotol is at around 5,200 hl per year. This industry grows at an average rate of 5% per year. The Mexican Sotol Council and the Sotol Certificate Council are regulatory bodies dedicated to monitoring that sotol producers comply with the Official Mexican Standard NOM-159-SCFI-2004. Currently, those regulatory bodies try to improve the sotol production process and good practice guidelines to contribute to cleaner production. This paper reports a case study of artisanal sotol production in Chihuahua State in Mexico. Life cycle assessment (LCA) technique was used to compute the environmental impact of sotol and its performance to identify system hotspots and propose improvement interventions. SimaPro software, v.9.1®, is used for the LCA, applying CML-IA baseline V3.05/EU25 method to evaluate and select environmental impact categories. The system boundary included the stages of harvest, cooking, milling, fermentation, distillation, bottling, and packaging. The findings indicate that each of the stages required for sotol beverage processing significantly affects the marine ecosystem. The milling and bottling stages have the highest environmental impact. A 750-ml bottle of artisan sotol causes 5.92 kg CO2 eq, based on empirical data. Sotol makers should focus on reducing energy consumption caused by input transportation and equipment for milling.
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author	Juan Manuel Madrid-Solórzano Jorge Luis García-Alcaraz Emilio Jiménez Macías Eduardo Martínez Cámara Julio Blanco Fernández
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title	Life Cycle Analysis of Sotol Production in Mexico
title_short	Life Cycle Analysis of Sotol Production in Mexico
title_full	Life Cycle Analysis of Sotol Production in Mexico
title_fullStr	Life Cycle Analysis of Sotol Production in Mexico
title_full_unstemmed	Life Cycle Analysis of Sotol Production in Mexico
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publisher	Frontiers Media S.A.
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Life Cycle Analysis of Sotol Production in Mexico

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