Dessalines@lemmy.ml to Vegan Infographics@vegantheoryclub.org · 2 months agoHow much water is needed to produce food.lemmy.mlimagemessage-square3fedilinkarrow-up111
arrow-up111imageHow much water is needed to produce food.lemmy.mlDessalines@lemmy.ml to Vegan Infographics@vegantheoryclub.org · 2 months agomessage-square3fedilink
minus-squaresloppy_diffuser@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up3·edit-22 months agoThis graphic is misleading. Weight alone isn’t going to feed a population. kcal/L is more meaningful. The ranking at a glance still generally holds true, but comparing tofu to chicken we see chicken uses less water per kcal. 830kcal/1kg tofu = 83kcal/100g * 10 2390kcal/1kg whole chicken = 1429kcal/598g * 1.67 Chicken has 2390/830 = 2.88x more calories than tofu per weight. 3.03L water/1kcal tofu = 0.33kcal/1L = 830kcal/2513L 1.82L water/1kcal whole chicken = 0.55kcal/1L = 2390kcal/4325L Tofu takes 3.03/1.82 = 1.66x more water than chicken per calorie. https://www.nutritionix.com/food/tofu/100-g https://www.nutritionix.com/food/whole-chicken
This graphic is misleading. Weight alone isn’t going to feed a population.
kcal/L
is more meaningful. The ranking at a glance still generally holds true, but comparing tofu to chicken we see chicken uses less water perkcal
.830kcal/1kg tofu = 83kcal/100g * 10 2390kcal/1kg whole chicken = 1429kcal/598g * 1.67
Chicken has
2390/830 = 2.88x
more calories than tofu per weight.3.03L water/1kcal tofu = 0.33kcal/1L = 830kcal/2513L 1.82L water/1kcal whole chicken = 0.55kcal/1L = 2390kcal/4325L
Tofu takes
3.03/1.82 = 1.66x
more water than chicken per calorie.https://www.nutritionix.com/food/tofu/100-g https://www.nutritionix.com/food/whole-chicken