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New Zealand Food Miles

Food Tracked From New Zealand

Food has been tracked from New Zealand 190,303 times, covering 1,874,096,907 miles in total.

That works out to an average of 9,848 miles per item - 142% further than the average distance across everything tracked by the calculator.

Based on average UK government emissions figures, that produces roughly 2954 kg CO2 by plane, 2698 kg CO2 by car, or 551 kg CO2 by train.

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

Food Tracked # of checks
Lamb 54,096
Kiwi 23,004
Apple 16,380
Kiwi Fruit 6,845
Deez Nuts 4,650
Apricots 3,824
Butter 3,808
Hamburger 2,176
Onions 1,511
Beef 1,395
BANANA 1,180
Cheese 1,171
Avocado 1,126
Milk 1,112
Wine 1,105
Honey 1,058
Lamb Chops 953
Swede 750
Chocolate 580
Strawberries 570

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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