Apple

On average, one apple (150 gram) costs 125 litres of water.

Apple juice costs 1140 litres of water per litre of apple juice. One glass of apple juice (200 ml) costs about 230 litres of water.

Publications

2011	Mekonnen, M.M. and Hoekstra, A.Y. (2011) The green, blue and grey water footprint of crops and derived crop products, Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 15(5): 1577-1600.		Download 1.2 MB
2010	Mekonnen, M.M. and Hoekstra, A.Y. (2010) The green, blue and grey water footprint of crops and derived crop products, Value of Water Research Report Series No.47, UNESCO-IHE.	Main Report Volume 1	Download 1.2 MB
		Appendices Volume 2	Download 9.7 MB

Global average water footprint

822 litre/kg

68% green, 16% blue, 15% grey