Huel manages water use across both its ingredient supply chain and its own operations through deliberate sourcing choices and impact assessment.
How Huel Reduces Water Use
Action | Detail |
Plant-based ingredients | Huel prioritises ingredients like oats and peas, which generally require significantly less water to grow than animal-based alternatives |
Water impact assessment | Huel assesses the water impact of all ingredients to inform and guide sourcing decisions |
Lower-impact sourcing | Where possible, Huel selects ingredients with a lower water footprint across the supply chain |
Why Plant-Based Ingredients Matter for Water
Animal agriculture is one of the most water-intensive industries in the world. By building Huel products around plant-based ingredients, Huel avoids the significant water costs associated with raising livestock — including water used to grow animal feed, provide drinking water, and process animal products.
Ingredients like oats and peas are particularly efficient — peas are nitrogen-fixing crops that can improve soil health, and oats are well suited to growing in lower-rainfall environments.
The Bigger Picture
Water reduction is one part of Huel's broader sustainability commitment — alongside reducing greenhouse gas emissions, avoiding deforestation, and minimising food waste.
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