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Meat Food Miles

How Far Has It Travelled?

In total "Meat" has been searched for 9,539 times. The total mileage contribution of this is 40,249,649 miles!

This means that the average distance is 4,219 miles - that's 3% further than the average distance across everything tracked by the calculator.

Based on average UK government emissions figures, travelling that distance produces roughly 1266 kg CO2 by plane, 1156 kg CO2 by car, or 236 kg CO2 by train.

The Top 20 sources are shown below:

Country From # of checks
Australia 1,195
United States 982
Argentina 696
United Kingdom 535
Brazil 458
New Zealand 378
China 332
Ireland 274
Germany 267
Canada 205
France 176
Japan 158
Mexico 130
Austria 126
Afghanistan 121
Italy 120
Spain 110
India 106
Poland 104

Related Items

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

Beef Meat, Beef Meatballs, Beyond Meat, Burger Meat, Chicken Meat, Cow Meat, Crab Meat, Crocodile Meat, Dog Meat, Donner Meat

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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