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Italy Food Miles

Food Tracked From Italy

Food has been tracked from Italy 396,860 times, covering 778,482,327 miles in total.

That works out to an average of 1,962 miles per item - 52% closer than the average distance across everything tracked by the calculator.

Based on average UK government emissions figures, that produces roughly 589 kg CO2 by plane, 538 kg CO2 by car, or 110 kg CO2 by train.

According to our Food Miles tool the top 20 items tracked from Italy are listed below.

Food Tracked # of checks
Pasta 52,733
Tomatoes 19,282
Pizza 18,290
Olives 17,696
Spaghetti 12,171
Olive Oil 10,517
Chopped Tomatoes 9,346
Kiwi 8,299
Grapes 8,138
Apple 6,570
Cheese 6,300
Mozzarella 5,942
Broccoli 4,767
Mozzarella Cheese 4,262
Tomato Puree 3,606
Tinned Tomatoes 3,311
Lemons 2,972
Nutella 2,801
Parmesan Cheese 2,319
Pesto 2,317

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