{"id":1223,"date":"2026-08-22T11:00:03","date_gmt":"2026-08-22T15:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.clearprint.cl\/?p=1223"},"modified":"2026-08-11T12:42:54","modified_gmt":"2026-08-11T16:42:54","slug":"huella-carbono-leche","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.clearprint.cl\/en\/huella-carbono-leche\/","title":{"rendered":"World Plant Milk Day: Which Milk Has a Lower Carbon Footprint?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading translation-block\">Every August 22, World Plant Milk Day is celebrated, offering an opportunity to raise a question that is becoming increasingly important: what is the environmental impact of the foods we choose?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you\u2019re choosing oat or soy milk, you\u2019re already making a choice that matters. But to truly understand the difference, we need information that allows us to compare.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Not All Milks Have the Same Carbon Footprint<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When comparing three alternatives, the differences in their emissions are significant:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"819\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clearprint.cl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/misma-categoria-2-819x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1230\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.clearprint.cl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/misma-categoria-2-819x1024.png 819w, https:\/\/www.clearprint.cl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/misma-categoria-2-240x300.png 240w, https:\/\/www.clearprint.cl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/misma-categoria-2-768x960.png 768w, https:\/\/www.clearprint.cl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/misma-categoria-2-1229x1536.png 1229w, https:\/\/www.clearprint.cl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/misma-categoria-2-1638x2048.png 1638w, https:\/\/www.clearprint.cl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/misma-categoria-2-scaled.png 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 819px) 100vw, 819px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph translation-block\">According to these data, oat milk has the lowest carbon footprint among the three alternatives compared, followed by soy milk. Cow\u2019s milk, meanwhile, has the highest footprint.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This shows how products that serve a similar purpose in our diet can have different environmental impacts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">But how do we know which product to choose?<br><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph translation-block\">This raises a key challenge: how can consumers know a product's environmental impact if that information isn't available anywhere?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph translation-block\">Having data isn't enough. For it to truly inform a purchasing decision, it needs to be visible, verifiable, and comparable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">An eco-label can turn complex environmental information into a clear indicator that people can find and understand right on the product.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">From environmental data to informed decisions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph translation-block\">At ClearPrint, we measure the carbon footprint of food products and develop eco-labels that communicate the results in a clear, easy-to-understand way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph translation-block\">The goal isn't to tell people what to buy, but to give them the information they need to understand and compare the environmental impact of their choices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Because when impact can be measured and communicated, it becomes easier to factor it into our everyday decisions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Visible. Verified. Comparable.<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Discover our news story:\u00a0<strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.clearprint.cl\/en\/ranking-de-emisiones-edicion-lacteos\/\">Emissions Ranking: Dairy Edition<\/a><\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Follow us on our&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/clearprint.cl\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Instagram<\/a>&nbsp;so you don't miss any updates.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cada 22 de agosto se conmemora el D\u00eda Mundial de la Leche Vegetal, una oportunidad para poner sobre la mesa una pregunta que cada vez cobra m\u00e1s importancia: \u00bfqu\u00e9 impacto ambiental tienen los alimentos que elegimos? Si est\u00e1s eligiendo leche de avena o de soya, ya est\u00e1s tomando una decisi\u00f3n que importa. Pero para entender [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1231,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[9,12,11],"class_list":["post-1223","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-ecoetiquetados","tag-huella-de-carbono","tag-sostenibilidad"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.clearprint.cl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1223","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.clearprint.cl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.clearprint.cl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.clearprint.cl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.clearprint.cl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1223"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.clearprint.cl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1223\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1232,"href":"https:\/\/www.clearprint.cl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1223\/revisions\/1232"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.clearprint.cl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1231"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.clearprint.cl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1223"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.clearprint.cl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1223"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.clearprint.cl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1223"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}