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Italy Food Miles

Food Tracked From Italy

Food has been tracked from Italy 395,279 times, covering 774,491,431 miles in total.

That works out to an average of 1,959 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 588 kg CO2 by plane, 537 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 52,526
Tomatoes 19,170
Pizza 18,234
Olives 17,654
Spaghetti 12,147
OLIVE OIL 10,495
Chopped Tomatoes 9,258
Kiwi 8,275
Grapes 8,115
Apple 6,555
Cheese 6,269
Mozzarella 5,931
Broccoli 4,754
Mozzarella Cheese 4,240
Tomato Puree 3,603
Tinned Tomatoes 3,297
Lemons 2,955
Nutella 2,790
Pesto 2,310
Parmesan Cheese 2,308

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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