Correction: Environmental impact of feeding plant-based vs. meat-based dry dog foods in the United Kingdom

A Correction on
Environmental impact of feeding plant-based vs. meat-based dry dog foods in the United Kingdom

by Brociek, R. A., and Gardner, D. S. (2025). Front. Sustain. Food Syst. 9:1633312. doi: 10.3389/fsufs.2025.1633312

There was a mistake in Table 1 as published. Summary table presented data calculated before adjusting to 1,000 kcal⁻¹. The message of the data is not altered, and changes were <5% from original. In-text values are correct. The corrected Table 1 appears below.

Table 1

Table 1. Estimated average land use, GHG emissions, terrestrial acidification, eutrophication and freshwater withdrawal of dry kibble dog foods per 1,000 kcal as fed.

Table 1. Estimated average land use, GHG emissions, terrestrial acidification, eutrophication and freshwater withdrawal of dry kibble dog foods per 1,000 kcal as fed.

Bold x (mean) values compare the mean impact values of all meat-based and plant-based foods.

The words beef and lamb are switched. Beef has the higher GHG emission impact and should appear last.

A correction has been made to the section Discussion, Paragraph 4:

“Correspondingly, the greenhouse gas emissions (kg CO₂eq) produced by the plant-based, veterinary, poultry, lamb, or beef foods over this period would be equivalent to 2.8, 4.65, 4.8, 12.8, and 31.3 round trips between London and New York, per passenger, on a Boeing 747”.

The original version of this article has been updated.

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