Product Carbon Footprint: Find Hotspots and Test Lower-Carbon Swaps

Take one experiment from its first carbon number to a lower-carbon formulation.
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The problem: carbon footprints calculated after the fact

When carbon is calculated after a formula is finished, it's too late to design it down. Teams need the number while they formulate.

Product carbon footprints are often calculated by a sustainability team after launch, using data the formulator never sees. By then, the ingredient choices that drive the number are fixed.

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What this demo shows

  1. Read the footprint in the experiment header.
  2. Open the breakdown and find the hotspot.
  3. Ask Bodie for lower-carbon alternatives and swap one in.
  4. Check what the new total rests on.

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Why it matters

Sustainability targets need to influence the recipe. Showing the footprint in the experiment header puts it next to the decisions that change it.

Ranking contributors and suggesting same-category swaps gives formulators a practical way to lower the number, and the data quality view shows how much confidence to place in the total.

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See it with your own data

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Read the transcript

Introducing product carbon footprint in Uncountable. Uncountable is where R&D teams organize their experiments. Now, each experiment shows its carbon footprint right in the header. One click opens the breakdown beside the formulation. The total and how many inputs have a value. Top contributors rank the ingredients by their share, so the hotspot stands out.

Ask Bodie, the AI assistant in Uncountable, for lower carbon alternatives. It finds ingredients in the same category and estimates the new total for each. Pick one and Bodie swaps it in at the same quantity, so the footprint drops. And data quality shows what the new total rests on. Primary data from your lots and secondary data for the rest.

Build lower carbon products from the first experiment with Uncountable.

FAQs

Where does the product carbon footprint show in Uncountable?

In each experiment's header, with one click to open the breakdown beside the formulation.

How do I find the carbon hotspot in a formula?

Top contributors rank the ingredients by their share of the total, so the hotspot stands out.

Can AI suggest lower-carbon ingredients?

Yes. Bodie finds ingredients in the same category, estimates the new total for each and can swap one in at the same quantity. Data quality then shows whether the total rests on primary or secondary data.