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I know of two American companies that offer a life-cycle based certification scheme, but they seem to be small and not widely spread. For the record I'm not affiliated to either of these organizations.

1. Environmentally Preferable Product (EPP)

There's a company called [SCS Global Services](https://www.scsglobalservices.com/services/environmentally-preferable-product) which is a

third-party certifier of environmental claims in the green building, food, energy, and consumer product sectors

They offer an Environmentally Preferable Product (EPP) certification to producers, which means that they will use

the most advanced life-cycle assessment (LCA) metrics to confirm that your products meet this standard of excellence

I don't think it's very widely known (I haven't heard about it before), but it does seem to be what you are looking for.

2. Green Seal

The [Green Seal](https://www.greenseal.org/about) organization  

develops life-cycle-based, multi-attribute standards and certify products and services that can prove they meet our strict criteria for human health, reduced environmental impact and excellent performance

They have a list of categories for which they offer this including a standard for Restaurants and Food Services (as well as one for paper products used for food preparation and one for food service packaging).

The company says that they are

a founding member of the Global Ecolabelling Network, the internationally recognized network of ecolabelling organizations

but again I've never heard of them (but that could be because I'm not American).

I know of two American organizations that offer a life-cycle based certification scheme for food or food services, but they seem to be small and not widely spread. For the record I'm not affiliated to either of these organizations.

1. Environmentally Preferable Product (EPP)

There's a company called [SCS Global Services](https://www.scsglobalservices.com/services/environmentally-preferable-product) which is a

third-party certifier of environmental claims in the green building, food, energy, and consumer product sectors

They offer an Environmentally Preferable Product (EPP) certification to producers, which means that they will use

the most advanced life-cycle assessment (LCA) metrics to confirm that your products meet this standard of excellence

I don't think it's very widely known (I haven't heard about it before), but it does seem to be what you are looking for.

2. Green Seal

The [Green Seal](https://www.greenseal.org/about) is a non-profit organization that

develops life-cycle-based, multi-attribute standards and certify products and services that can prove they meet our strict criteria for human health, reduced environmental impact and excellent performance

They have a list of categories for which they offer this including a standard for Restaurants and Food Services (as well as one for paper products used for food preparation and one for food service packaging).

The company says that they are

a founding member of the Global Ecolabelling Network, the internationally recognized network of ecolabelling organizations

but again I've never heard of them (but that could be because I'm not American).

I was googling using the terms 'certification full life cycle food' because this question appears in the site self-evaluation and I one of the first hits I found is the Environmentally Preferable Product (EPP) certification.

I've never heard of it and am not sure if it is indeed used for food product and how common it is, but they claim to do the following:

examines the entire lifecycle of a product and identifies key areas of improvement

Another one I found using google is The Green Seal Standard for Restaurants and Food Services, GS-46

The standard is based on life cycle research and focuses on leadership environmental improvement in the key impact areas — food, waste, and energy.

Again, I've never heard of it myself and don't know anything about it's popularity.

I know of two American companies that offer a life-cycle based certification scheme, but they seem to be small and not widely spread. For the record I'm not affiliated to either of these organizations.

1. Environmentally Preferable Product (EPP)

There's a company called [SCS Global Services](https://www.scsglobalservices.com/services/environmentally-preferable-product) which is a

third-party certifier of environmental claims in the green building, food, energy, and consumer product sectors

They offer an Environmentally Preferable Product (EPP) certification to producers, which means that they will use

the most advanced life-cycle assessment (LCA) metrics to confirm that your products meet this standard of excellence

I don't think it's very widely known (I haven't heard about it before), but it does seem to be what you are looking for.

2. Green Seal

The [Green Seal](https://www.greenseal.org/about) organization

develops life-cycle-based, multi-attribute standards and certify products and services that can prove they meet our strict criteria for human health, reduced environmental impact and excellent performance

They have a list of categories for which they offer this including a standard for Restaurants and Food Services (as well as one for paper products used for food preparation and one for food service packaging).

The company says that they are

a founding member of the Global Ecolabelling Network, the internationally recognized network of ecolabelling organizations

but again I've never heard of them (but that could be because I'm not American).

I was googling using the terms 'certification full life cycle food' because this question appears in the site self-evaluation and I one of the first hits I found is the Environmentally Preferable Product (EPP) certification.

I've never heard of it and am not sure if it is indeed used for food product and how common it is, but they claim to do the following:

examines the entire lifecycle of a product and identifies key areas of improvement

Another one I found using google is The Green Seal Standard for Restaurants and Food Services, GS-46

The standard is based on life cycle research and focuses on leadership environmental improvement in the key impact areas — food, waste, and energy.

Again, I've never heard of it myself and don't know anything about it's popularity.

I was googling using the terms 'certification full life cycle food' because this question appears in the site self-evaluation and I one of the first hits I found is the Environmentally Preferable Product (EPP) certification.

I've never heard of it and am not sure if it is indeed used for food product and how common it is, but they claim to do the following:

examines the entire lifecycle of a product and identifies key areas of improvement

Another one I found using google is The Green Seal Standard for Restaurants and Food Services, GS-46

The standard is based on life cycle research and focuses on leadership environmental improvement in the key impact areas — food, waste, and energy.

Again, I've never heard of it myself and don't know anything about it's popularity.