How much water is used to get our food, drinks on the table is something that reflects the tool it has on our environment. Here are just a few facts from the sprinkla magazine.
EMBODIED WATER OF COMMON FOODS
1 cup of lettuce > 11 litres
1 orange (100g) > 50 litres
1 apple (100g) > 70 litres
1 glass beer (250 ml) > 75 litres
1 glass wine (125 ml) > 120 litres
1 coffee (125 ml) > 140 litres
1 bag of potato crisps (200g) > 185 litres
1 glass milk (200 ml) > 200 litres
1 steak (230g) > 4660 litres
1 kilo of rice > 3400 litres
1 kilo of beef > 16 000 litres
Source: http://www.sprinkla.com/files/Sprinkla_02.pdf
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