Table : TABLE 1.1The global average virtual water content of everyday products*

Product†

Virtual water content (in liters)

1 potato

    25

1 cup tea

    35

1 kilogram of bread

1608

1 apple

  125

1 glass of beer

    75

1 glass of wine

  120

1 egg

  135

1 cup of coffee

  140

1 glass of orange juice

  170

1 pound of chicken meat

2000

1 hamburger

2400

1 pound of cheese

2500

1 pair of bovine leather shoes

8000

*Virtual water is the volume of water used to produce a product.

†To see the virtual water content of additional products, go to www.waterfootprint.org/?page=files/productgallery. [Source consulted: Arjen Y. Hoekstra and Ashok K. Chapagain, Globalization of Water—Sharing the Planet’s Freshwater Resources (Malden, MA: Blackwell, 2008), p. 15, Table 2.2]