Table 3.

Food intake (servings person⁻¹) and cropland scarcity footprint (m²yr-e person⁻¹) for the current and recommended Australian adult (19–50 years) daily diets ¹.

Food Group	Current Diet (n = 5157)		Recommended Diet Average Cropland Scarcity Footprint Intensity		Recommended Diet Improved Cropland Scarcity Footprint Intensity
	Servings	Cropland Scarcity Footprint	Servings	Cropland Scarcity Footprint	Servings	Cropland Scarcity Footprint
Fruit	1.38	0.63	2.0	0.91	2.0	0.79
Vegetables	2.47	0.31	5.5	0.68	5.5	0.61
Breads and cereals	4.57	0.80	6.0	1.05	6.0	0.83
Fresh meat and alternatives	2.32	2.39	2.8	2.88	2.8	1.75
Seafood	0.22	0.04	0.27	0.04	0.56	0.07
Beef and lamb	0.66	0.60	0.79	0.73	0.81	0.69
Poultry	0.74	1.22	0.90	1.47	0.35	0.60
Pork	0.18	0.31	0.22	0.37	0.04	0.06
Vegetarian alternatives	0.51	0.22	0.61	0.27	1.04	0.33
Dairy and alternatives	1.46	0.63	2.5	1.07	2.5	1.00
Discretionary foods	7.42	2.48	2.8	0.94	2.8	0.81
Miscellaneous foods		0.17		0.17		0.17
Total		7.41		7.71		5.96

¹ The improved cropland scarcity footprint intensity is based on the higher diet quality/lower cropland scarcity footprint subgroup. The number of servings differs marginally for men and women in the recommended Australian diet.