There are widely accepted water contents for many fresh vegetables so that concentrations of vitamins and minerals can be interconverted. In your study I'd sugest that you neasure both fresh and dry weight.

I didn't respond tho the 'edible portion' aspect of your question. That is culturally dependent but to appeal to both the local and international audience yo can specif he different components

Dear Nashmin,

It is a interesting question. I'm not an expert in agro-food but I wonder if you have all the pieces of information (carbon footprint, Edible part and DM for the studies you want to harmonise), would using "Edible fresh plant" as the harmonised FU? (calculated as (1-DM)*Edible part) make sense for you?

Maybe I misunderstood your question (and apologies in advance if this is the case), but I am very curious of your opinion.

Kind regards,

Antonio

Thanks Nashmin for clarifying.

to my understanding, it seems important that you set default rules to apply when the study doesn't provide the info required for your harmonisation exercise. Just brainstorming, but maybe you can apply a "default" statistic DM value (for example the average DM) when the study does not specify it.

Best,

Antonio