Indirect CO2 reduction

Wheat protein produced by Hveiti helps prevent a global development where agriculture replaces carbonaceous forests- and steppe areas, rainforests and uncultivated areas, primarily in sub- or tropical parts of the world. This is done by reducing EU’s need for the import of soybean protein, which is a protein used by farmers in their animal husbandry.

Between 1990 and 2010, the Danish import of soybean has risen by an average of 23,500 tons a year.

Replacing soybean protein with wheat protein

By replacing the soybean protein used in animal feed with protein extracted through a biorefining process, you reduce the agricultural land cultivated to comply with Denmark’s and EU’s demand for soybean protein. 

Denmark yearly imports 1.7 mill. tons of soya (Danmarks statistik).

Soya import = 6,460 mill. tons CO2

This import results in CO2 emissions of 3.8 kilo CO2 per kilo soya (Concito) = 6,460 mill. tons CO2.

The CO2 emissions from the imported soya correspond to the CO2 emissions from the collected Danish passenger vehicle transport (6,496 mill. tons CO2 cf. the Danish Energy Agency).

Through its production of protein feed, Hveiti can reduce this import by 8-10 %, corresponding to a yearly CO2 reduction of 610,000 tons.

Biorefining feed wheat contributes to reducing greenhouse gas emissions in several ways:

• By lowering the use of fossil fuels.

• By reducing the Danish soybean import.

• Through a positive change in land-use balance.