The Hidden Costs of a Hamburger

This is a map of all the costs we could come up with that were related to the creation of a hamburger! Although there are no numbers associated with each piece, it is clear to see the average $1.09 one pays at a local McDonalds may not cover all the costs that are incurred from that one sandwhich!

Hamburger Patty

Animals

Raising Costs

Food

Housing

Health

Welfare

Antibiotics

Hormones

Cruelty

PETA

Habitat

Land

Water

Human

Distributors

Labor

Packing

Media

Consumer

Price plus tax

Health Problems

Cure Research

Medical Bills

Farmer

Time

Money

Labor

Materials

Environment

Pollution

Fuel

Production

Transportation

Emissions

Green House Effect

Poison

Waste

Habitat Destruction

Water

Land

Air

Political

Laws

Funding

Subsidies

Taxes

Media

PETA

Local Growers

Organic vs Non-Organic

Bread

Ingredients

Ingredients:Flour, yeast, water, sugar, saltEach ingredient needs to be grown, processed, transported and packaged.

Flour

Yeast

Water

Sugar

When you have a sip of your soda to wash down that burger you are washing down SUGAR with more SUGAR!Sugar is a main ingredient in a hamburger, it is in ketchup and the bun!

Salt

Packaging/Processing

St Paul, MN

Transportation

Semi-Trailer

Lettuce

Grown

California

Arizona

Packaging/Processing

onsite

Ingerdients

none

Transportation

Semi-Trailer

Ketchup

Ingredients

Ingredients:Tomato from concentrate, distilled vinegar, sugar, salt, onion powder, spice, natural flavoring.Each ingredient needs to be grown, processed, transported and packaged.

Tomato

Central Valley, CA

Vinegar

Spices

Onion

Water

Sugar

When you have a sip of your soda to wash down that burger you are washing down SUGAR with more SUGAR!Sugar is a main ingredient in a hamburger, it is in ketchup and the bun!

Packaging/Processing

Muscutine, IA

Packets

Bottle

Transportation

Semi-Trailer

So what's your guess?

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