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Human Food Miles

How Far Has It Travelled?

In total "Human" has been searched for 856 times. The total mileage contribution of this is 3,767,053 miles!

This means that the average distance is 4,401 miles - that's 8% further than the average distance across everything tracked by the calculator.

Based on average UK government emissions figures, travelling that distance produces roughly 1320 kg CO2 by plane, 1206 kg CO2 by car, or 246 kg CO2 by train.

The Top 20 sources are shown below:

Country From # of checks
Afghanistan 79
Australia 58
United Kingdom 51
Zimbabwe 32
China 28
Réunion 26
Korea, North 25
Argentina 19
Austria 19
Botswana 17
United States 14
Anguilla 14
Japan 13
Belgium 12
Angola 12
Bangladesh 12
Algeria 12
Barbados 12
Egypt 11

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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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