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Cow Food Miles

How Far Has It Travelled?

In total "Cow" has been searched for 877 times. The total mileage contribution of this is 3,983,101 miles!

This means that the average distance is 4,542 miles - that's 11% further than the average distance across everything tracked by the calculator.

Based on average UK government emissions figures, travelling that distance produces roughly 1363 kg CO2 by plane, 1245 kg CO2 by car, or 254 kg CO2 by train.

The Top 20 sources are shown below:

Country From # of checks
Australia 122
United Kingdom 86
United States 48
Afghanistan 39
Argentina 26
Zimbabwe 25
India 24
China 23
New Zealand 21
Brazil 19
American Samoa 17
Bangladesh 15
Russia 15
Ireland 12
Japan 11
Armenia 10
Belgium 9
Denmark 9
Pakistan 9

Related Items

Due to the food types being user entered, these might also be of use:

Cow Meat, Cow Milk, Cowpeas , Cows Milk, Fresh Cow Milk, Happy Cow Cream Cheese, Laughing Cow Cheese, The Laughing Cow

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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