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Mela Food Miles

How Far Has It Travelled?

In total "Mela" has been searched for 119 times. The total mileage contribution of this is 344,141 miles!

This means that the average distance is 2,892 miles - that's 29% closer than the average distance across everything tracked by the calculator.

Based on average UK government emissions figures, travelling that distance produces roughly 868 kg CO2 by plane, 792 kg CO2 by car, or 162 kg CO2 by train.

The Top 20 sources are shown below:

Country From # of checks
Italy 30
China 7
Russia 5
Kyrgyzstan 5
Argentina 4
Afghanistan 4
Austria 4
Spain 3
Brazil 3
Algeria 3
Australia 3
Chile 3
India 2
United States 2
Fiji 2
France 1
Finland 1
New Zealand 1
Romania 1

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