@article{Chaudron:15252,
      recid = {15252},
      author = {Chaudron, Camille and Faucher, Mélanie and Bazinet,  Laurent and Margni, Manuele},
      title = {The cost is not enough - an alternative eco-efficiency  approach applied to cranberry de-acidification},
      publisher = {Elsevier},
      journal = {Journal of Cleaner Production},
      address = {Amsterdam. 2019-09},
      number = {ARTICLE},
      pages = {9 p.},
      note = {MARGNI, Manuele est un chercheur à la HEI-VS, HES-SO  depuis 2020.},
      abstract = {Food production and transformation have an increasing  impact on the environment. Tools to help the agri-food  industry improving its environmental performance whilst  increasing the value of the products are highly needed. The  present study proposes a new approach to calculate  eco-efficiency that goes beyond the production costs, but  accounts for the functional value of the foodstuff. Instead  of using the monetary unit as the product value, we propose  value-based metrics closer to consumer interests, such as  content of functional nutrients, taste and abatement of  harmful substances. The approach was applied to evaluate  the eco-efficiency of de-acidified cranberry juice by two  alternative technologies in Quebec: ion-exchange resin  process and de-acidification by electrodialysis with a  bipolar membrane. Both are compared to non-de-acidified  cranberry juice. The parameters chosen to quantify  cranberry juice are polyphenol content, product taste, and  percentage of harmful acid removed. Results show  ion-exchange resin de-acidified juice is less eco-efficient  than non-de-acidified cranberry juice for polyphenol  content and product taste indicator but shows better  results for the removed harmful acid parameter. The  electrodialysis with a bipolar membrane technology allows  the extraction of organic acids in a usable form. We  evaluated their re-utilization in four different contexts  showing that this context choice might have a key impact on  the eco-efficiency conclusion. The most eco-efficient  scenario is the utilization of the removed acid in dried  cranberry production with the addition of sugar beet. By  using an approach closer to consumers' interests,  eco-efficiency results can be more relevant for decision  making in the context of cleaner production, particularly  when the monetary value is not reliable.},
      url = {http://arodes.hes-so.ch/record/15252},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2019.05.261},
}