Choice audits
Compare choices without making it moral.
Look at price, convenience, time, health, waste, and attention side by side. The point is to see the tradeoff clearly.
Area
Food & Drink
Everyday consumption, nutrition, packaging, and waste.
Food & Drink / Drinks: Compare common food-and-drink defaults across visible price, sugar, caffeine, packaging, waste, and directional hidden costs. These scores are directional estimates based on transparent assumptions. They are not exact scientific measurements.
First choice
Tap water
Second choice
Tea
Side-by-side comparison
Tap water currently shows the lower hidden-cost estimate by 11 points.
These scores are directional estimates based on transparent assumptions. They are not exact scientific measurements.
Tap water
2/100Tea
13/100| Measure | Tap water | Tea |
|---|---|---|
| Price per serving | $0.01 | $0.25 |
| Sugar grams | 0 | 0 |
| Caffeine mg | 0 | 35 |
| Packaging | None | Light |
| Transport/cooling | Very low | Low |
| Notes | Low cost and low waste when safe drinking water is available. | Usually modest caffeine, low sugar, and light packaging. |
| Overall hidden cost | 2/100 | 13/100 |
BodyPlanetWasteMoney
| Choice | Hidden cost | Price per serving | Sugar grams | Caffeine mg | Packaging | Transport/cooling |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tap water | 2/100 | $0.01 | 0 | 0 | None | Very low |
| Tea | 13/100 | $0.25 | 0 | 35 | Light | Low |
| Coffee | 22/100 | $0.55 | 0 | 95 | Light to medium | Medium |
| Soda drink | 56/100 | $1.20 | 39 | 34 | Can or bottle | Medium to high |
| Zero-sugar soda | 45/100 | $1.20 | 0 | 34 | Can or bottle | Medium to high |
| Bottled water | 43/100 | $1.00 | 0 | 0 | Plastic bottle | Medium |
| Energy drink | 62/100 | $2.50 | 27 | 160 | Can | Medium to high |
| Orange juice | 41/100 | $1.10 | 22 | 0 | Carton or bottle | Medium to high |