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New Zealand Food Miles

Food Tracked From New Zealand

Food has been tracked from New Zealand 191,073 times, covering 1,882,078,619 miles in total.

That works out to an average of 9,850 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 2955 kg CO2 by plane, 2699 kg CO2 by car, or 552 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 54,370
Kiwi 23,174
Apple 16,454
Kiwi Fruit 6,848
Deez Nuts 4,650
Apricots 3,827
Butter 3,812
Hamburger 2,177
Onions 1,516
Beef 1,395
BANANA 1,184
Cheese 1,175
Avocado 1,129
Milk 1,112
Wine 1,105
Honey 1,059
Lamb Chops 955
Swede 750
Chocolate 589
Strawberries 571

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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