How many bottles of water are needed to produce one dinner steak?
6,000 bottles of water.
Beef production is very water intensive. Producing just one kilogram of beef requires over 15,000 litres of water.[1] Meaning, 3,000 litres of water are needed to produce one 200-gram dinner steak. This is equal to 6,000 bottles of water (at 500 millilitres per bottle).
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[1] Here’s how much water it takes to make a serving of beef – and why where it comes from is so important (2023), Cranfield University