EBS Mensa goes Vegan

Let’s talk about how much water is needed to produce vegan and cow milk and dairy products. It is a fact, that a carnivore and even vegetarian diet is highly water consuming.

To produce one glass of cow milk, overall 30 gallons of water are used. In comparison, one glass of almond milk costs only 23 gallons of water and a glass of soy milk only 9 gallons. Therefore, vegan milk options are far less environmentally damaging that non-vegan dairy products. To produce one pack of butter even 109 gallons of water are used. The production of 2 slices of cheese consumes 50 gallons and one scoop pf ice cream 42 gallons of water.

Compared to vegetables, milk products require at least three times more water for production. For egg production it takes ten times more water, for pork even 19 times more water and for beef even 48 times more water. It’s incredible how much water people can save by changing to a plant-based-diet. Eating lower on the food chain takes the same volume of water to feed two people instead of just one, while no nutritional value gets lost.

EBS Mensa Goes Green

Sources:
- Motherjones.com
- Scientific American: Growing More Food With Less Water
- The Water Footprint Assessment Manual: Setting the Global Standard