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The Top 5 Foods that Take the Most Water to be Produced
| Foodstuff | Litres of Water (per 1 kilo of food) |
|
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chocolate (1kg) | 17,196 litres |
| 2 | Beef (1kg) | 15,415 litres |
| 3 | Bio-diesel (1kg) | 11,397 litres |
| 4 | Sheep meat (1kg) | 10,412 litres |
| 5 | Pork (1kg) | 5,988 litres |
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- On average, it takes about 3 000 litres of water per person to produce our daily food.
- In an industrial beef production system, it takes in average of three years before the animal is slaughtered to produce about 200 kg of boneless beef.
- To produce one cup of coffee we need 140 litres of water.
- The water footprint of China is about 700 cubic meter per year per capita. Only about 7% of the Chinese water footprint falls outside China. Japan with a footprint of 1150 cubic meter per year per capita, has about 65% of its total water footprint outside the borders of the country.
- The water footprint in the United States is 2500 cubic meter per year per capita.
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Water, Top 5 Most, Food & Drink
Sources: Institution of Mechanical Engineers Report: Global Food, Waste Not, Want Not (January 2013)..
List Notes: List is litres of water per kilo needed to produce the specific foodstuff indicated.
Sources: Institution of Mechanical Engineers Report: Global Food, Waste Not, Want Not (January 2013)..
List Notes: List is litres of water per kilo needed to produce the specific foodstuff indicated.
