These stats are from 2014
A 1/3-pound burger requires 660 gallons of water. Most of this water is for producing beef (see below).
1 pound of beef requires 1,799 gallons of water, which includes irrigation of the grains and grasses in feed, plus water for drinking and processing.
1 slice of
bread requires
11 gallons of water. Most of this water is for producing wheat (see below).
1 pound of
wheat requires
132 gallons of water.
1 gallon of
beer requires
68 gallons of water, or 19.8 gallons of water for 1 cup. Most of that water is for growing barley (see below).
1 pound of
barley requires
198 gallons of water.
1 gallon of
wine requires
1,008 gallons of water (mostly for growing the grapes), or 63.4 gallons of water for 1 cup.
1
apple requires
18 gallons of water. It takes 59.4 gallons of water to produce 1 cup of apple juice.
1
orange requires
13 gallons of water. It takes 53.1 gallons of water for 1 cup of orange juice.
1 pound of
chicken requires
468 gallons of water.
1 pound of
pork requires
576 gallons of water.
1 pound of
sheep requires
731 gallons of water.
1 pound of
goat requires
127 gallons of water.
1 pound of
rice requires
449 gallons of water.
1 pound of
corn requires
108 gallons of water.
1 pound of
soybeans requires
216 gallons of water.
1 pound of
potatoes requires
119 gallons of water.
1
egg requires 53 gallons of water.
1 gallon of
milk requires
880 gallons of water, or 54.9 gallons of water for 1 cup. That includes water for raising and grazing cattle, and bottling and processing.
1 pound of
cheese requires
600 gallons of water. On average it requires 1.2 gallons of milk to make 1 pound of cheese.
1 pound of
chocolate requires
3,170 gallons of water.
1 pound of
refined sugar requires
198 gallons of water.
1 gallon of
tea requires 128 gallons of water, or 7.9 gallons of water for 1 cup.
1 gallon of
coffee requires
880 gallons of water, or 37 gallons of water for 1 cup. “If everyone in the world drank a cup of coffee each morning, it would ‘cost’ about 32 trillion gallons of water a year,” National Geographic notes.
Emma JC