Food is a heat-and-cold business below 200 °C — pasteurisation, sterilisation, evaporation, cleaning, refrigeration. Nothing in the process chemistry emits: 100% of Scope 1 is fuel, which means food is one of the few sectors that can plausibly reach near-zero with TODAY'S technology.
| Year | Free allocation (EU) | Payable carbon cost | Annual bill (per 100,000 t product) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 97.5% | €0.58 / t product | €58,050 |
| 2030 | 51.5% | €11.26 / t product | €1,126,170 |
| 2034 | 0.0% | €23.22 / t product | €2,322,000 |
At EUA €77.4 (11 Jun 2026) and ≈0.1–0.5 t CO2/t product (very product-dependent). EU ETS industry schedule; exporters under CBAM follow the mirrored phase-in. Power sectors pay 100% from day one.
Indicative reduction potential of each measure against the relevant emissions share (sources: IEA industry roadmaps, sector associations — see each measure page). Measures stack but don't simply add.
This is Inzonex's home ground: pasteurizers, cookers, retorts, CIP lines and steam distribution in washdown environments where fixed lagging fails hygienic inspection. Removable covers survive the wash-down cycle and come off for audits in minutes — see the brewery heat-loss map for the worked example of a whole heat-driven food plant.
Method: ASTM C680 / ISO 12241 surface energy balance — the same engine as our public calculators. Typical removable-insulation effect across hot-process plants: 2–5% of fuel-related CO2, payback up to 2 years.
Direct-emission intensities, typical published values per industry page — units differ by product; see each page for sources.
