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Scarcity-weighted water use per kilogram of food product

Scarcity-weighted water use represents freshwater use weighted by local water scarcity. This is measured in liters per kilogram of food product.

050,000100,000150,000200,000Nuts229,890Cheese180,851Lamb & Mutton141,925Prawns (farmed)127,259Beef (dairy herd)119,805Pig Meat66,867Groundnuts61,798Rice49,576Fish (farmed)41,572Beef (beef herd)34,733Wheat & Rye33,386Peas27,948Milk19,786Eggs17,983Poultry Meat14,178Apples12,949Maize10,863Tomatoes5,336Tofu (soybeans)5,113Citrus Fruit4,663Dark Chocolate2,879Potatoes2,754Root Vegetables929Bananas662Coffee337
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Source: Poore, J., & Nemecek, T. (2018). Reducing food’s environmental impacts through producers and consumers.

Note: Data represents the global average scarcity-weighted water use from food products based on a large meta-analysis of food production covering 38,700 commercially viable farms in 119 countries.

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