WATER FOOTPRINTS OF VARIOUS PRODUCTS:

1}CHOCOLATE-
MANUFACTURING PROCESS-Chocolate is a preparation of roasted and ground cacao seeds that is made in the
form of a liquid, paste, or in a block, which may also be used as a flavoring ingredient in other foods. ... The shell
is removed to produce cacao nibs, which are then ground to cocoa mass, unadulterated chocolate in rough
form.

WATER FOOTPRINT-The water footprint of pure chocolate is 2400 litres for a 100-gram bar (as a world
average!). Composition of dark chocolate: 40% cocoa paste (water footprint 33260 litres/kg); 20% cocoa butter
(water footprint 50730 litres/kg); 40% sugar (water footprint 1526 litres/kg).
• BANANA-
• MANUFACTURING PROCESS-The banana is a perennial
plant that replaces itself. Bananas do not grow from a
seed but from a bulb or rhizome, and it takes 9 to 12
months from sowing a banana bulb to harvesting the
fruit. ... The plants need rich, dark and fertile soils with
steady moisture in the air and ground and good drainage.

• WATER FOOTPRINT-It need around 860 litres of water to

produce 1 kg of banana.
• WATER FOOTPRINT IN INDIVIDUALS LIFE:
• Each person uses about 142 litres of water each day
• This 142 litres of water is used by a person in different
activities, from bathing to drinking water and eating food
etc.