How much raw material goes into the foods you eat and products you use on an everyday basis

You'd be surprised by how much raw material goes into the everyday items you use.

For example, take your coffee habit. The average cup of coffee requires about 100 beans. So if you drink one cup per day, you'd need at least nine coffee trees producing full-time to give you a year's worth of joe. (That's not to mention the vast amounts of water, fertilizer, and manual labor needed to keep a coffee plantation running.)

In our modern lives, it's often easy to forget our impact on the natural world, since most of us are far removed from the places and processes in which most foods and products are made. 

For that reason, we've compiled a list of how much raw material goes into nine common food items and products below.

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One loaf of bread requires just under a pound of wheat.

When wheat is harvested, it's gathered into 60-pound bushels. According to the National Festival of Breads, one bushel can produce around 42 pounds of flour, which is enough to make around 70 loaves of white bread.

You need about 12 oranges to make the average liter of orange juice.

PepsiCo's signature orange juice brand, Tropicana, uses about 12 oranges in each liter of orange juice. If you're making orange juice at home, the general rule is about two to three oranges per cup. 

It takes two chickens an average of one week to lay a dozen eggs.

Depending on the breed, the average hen can lay four to six eggs in a week, for a total of around 200 eggs per year (everybody needs a day off). That means it takes two hens a week's worth of work to produce a dozen eggs.