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Italy Food Miles

Food Tracked From Italy

Food has been tracked from Italy 393,444 times, covering 770,427,855 miles in total.

That works out to an average of 1,958 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 587 kg CO2 by plane, 536 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 52,234
Tomatoes 19,041
Pizza 18,101
Olives 17,566
Spaghetti 12,092
OLIVE OIL 10,473
Chopped Tomatoes 9,189
Kiwi 8,239
Grapes 8,076
Apple 6,543
Cheese 6,250
Mozzarella 5,903
Broccoli 4,726
Mozzarella Cheese 4,235
Tomato Puree 3,595
Tinned Tomatoes 3,274
Lemons 2,937
Nutella 2,773
Pesto 2,293
Parmesan Cheese 2,266

Wondering how far this really gets you, and what it means for your own choices? See what the current research says about food miles, or find out whether food miles still matter in 2026.

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