Apples or Oranges—Which Consumes More Water?

Whether from irrigation, processing or animal feed, our meals drinks up a lot of water before they reach the dining room table. So which is better—an apple or an orange—when it comes to water consumption? The Water Footprint Network has mapped how much water goes into a wide variety of products in an effort to bring to light how much water we consume on a daily basis without even knowing it. Click on the image above to check out the water consumption of a range of food items from tea to hamburgers. To determine your own waterfootprint, try the calculator at Waterfootprint.org.