The food footprint of different foods. Not all foods are created equal when it comes to ecological footprint.
Food footprint
Not all foods are created equal
gha/1000kg | gha/million kcal | kcal/kg | |
Meat Products | |||
Beef | 15.7 | 7.9 | 1980 |
Fish | 10.1 | 5.5 | 1820 |
Pork | 1.9 | 1.1 | 1780 |
Poultry | 1.6 | 0.9 | 1840 |
Eggs | 1.2 | 0.8 | 1550 |
Milk Products | |||
Yogurt | 1.7 | 2.8 | 600 |
Cheese | 11.1 | 2.8 | 3938 |
Whole Milk | 1.4 | 2.3 | 600 |
Cream | 6.1 | 1.8 | 3450 |
Butter | 11.5 | 1.6 | 7170 |
Vegetable Products | |||
Vegetables | 0.4 | 1.2 | 333 |
Fruit | 0.5 | 1 | 500 |
Margarine | 6.6 | 1.1 | 6200 |
Vegetable Oil | 3.8 | 0.4 | 8840 |
Potatoes | 0.3 | 0.3 | 930 |
Honey | 0.9 | 0.3 | 3040 |
Bread | 0.5 | 0.2 | 2600 |
Sugar | 0.7 | 0.2 | 4000 |
Beverages | |||
Wine | 2.2 | 2.6 | 850 |
Spirits | 4.1 | 1.6 | 2500 |
Beer | 0.5 | 1.2 | 430 |
Soft Drinks | 0.2 | 0.5 | 400 |
Tea | 3.5 | – | – |
Coffee | 4.5 | – | – |