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At restaurants, diners might choose a dish they fancy eating, or look at the price, or even the calories.

In southwest England, there's now a restaurant where you can choose your meal based on the carbon footprint.

Viva, a UK Vegan charity, is helping people become more aware of their food's carbon footprint.

They helped "The Canteen" with the information for their menu.

The Canteen prepares vegan and vegetarian meals.

Carrot and beetroot with yoghurt is one, and the carbon footprint is just 16 grams of CO2, which is relatively low.

A hamburger's carbon footprint, in comparison, is a whopping three kilos.

So veggie dishes are a good option for the climate.

Is carbon footprint labelling something customers like?

Another way the restaurant keeps the carbon footprint of their dishes low, is by buying most of its ingredients locally or regionally.

Transport, farming and packaging all come into the calculation of the total emissions of each dish.

Nathan Johnson went to try the place out.

Does the carbon footprint influence what people decide to order off the menu?

Customer Sally Wright.

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