how many gallons of water are used to produce one loaf of bread?
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It takes about 1,000 gallons of water to grow the wheat to make a two pound loaf of bread, and about 120 gallons to produce one egg. About 1,400 gallons of water are used to produce a meal of a quarter- pound hamburger, an order of fries and a soft drink.
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Good thing this recipe is comprised of veggies and grains. When you calculate the water footprint of this recipe as is, it comes out to something around 800 gallons of water or around 1/7 of the water used for a beef burger.
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It takes more than 2,400 gallons of water to produce just 1 pound of meat. Only 25 gallons of water are required to grow 1 pound of wheat. You can save more water by not eating a pound of meat than you can by not showering for six months!
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The answers are: 325,851 gallons which happens to equal one acre-foot, and 2,719,226 pounds or 1,359 tons, which is the weight of one acre-foot of water. A pump discharging 450 gallons per minute is lifting 1.87 tons of water every minute. The energy requirement increases with every foot the water is lifted.
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['A 1/3-pound burger requires 660 gallons of water. ... ', '1 pound of beef requires 1,799 gallons of water, which includes irrigation of the grains and grasses in feed, plus water for drinking and processing.', '1 slice of bread requires 11 gallons of water. ... ', '1 pound of wheat requires 132 gallons of water.']
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It takes about 6 gallons of water to produce 1 gallon of wine, though figures vary by winery.
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The standard loaf of sandwich bread contains approximately 20 to 24 slices of bread, including the end pieces (often referred to as the “heels”). Loaves of specialty breads, such as Texas toast, sourdough and multi-grain, contain approximately 16 to 18 slices.
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It takes 2393 liters of water to make a single hamburger.
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To produce 1 pound of tofu it requires 302 gallons of water! Rice requires 299 gallons of water. And the winner of most water intensive vegetarian staple food is almonds, which require 1,929 gallons of water to produce one pound 4!
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1 slice is 4 syns, as you had 2, count 8 syns total. I too have a question about the HEB. 2 medium slices of wholemeal bread (400g sliced loaf) would count as one of my 'B' choice for the day.
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“One bottle of beer equals the kilojoule value of approximately seven slices of bread. Now if you drank a whole six-pack of beers, you would have polished off just over two loaves of bread.”
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Bread generally has four ingredients: flour, water, salt and yeast. If you mold it into something fairly large, it becomes a loaf. If you mold it into something small, you can get a roll. Often dough is enriched with other ingredients like milk, butter, eggs and sugar.
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It takes 27,154 gallons of water to irrigate one acre of land with an inch of water. This measurement is useful when you need to water one or more acres and need to evaluate whether your current flow rate is adequate for getting it done according to your schedule.
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According to one site, the average bread maker uses less energy than a coffee maker, coming in at about 9kwh used per month (based on a 600-watt machine that's used an average of 15 hours each month, which seems about right to us).
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1 gallon of milk requires 880 gallons of water, or 54.9 gallons of water for 1 cup. That includes water for raising and grazing cattle, and bottling and processing. 1 pound of cheese requires 600 gallons of water. On average it requires 1.2 gallons of milk to make 1 pound of cheese.
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One acre-foot equals about 326,000 gallons, or enough water to cover an acre of land, about the size of a football field, one foot deep. An average California household uses between one-half and one acre-foot of water per year for indoor and outdoor use.
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It takes an astonishing 450 gallons (1700 liters) of water to make a typical 3.5-ounce (100-gram) chocolate bar. That's about ten bathtubs of water for one bar of chocolate. Most of those gallons are consumed by the cocoa plants in the field.