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Peanuts Food Miles

How Far Has It Travelled?

In total "Peanuts" has been searched for 6,858 times. The total mileage contribution of this is 32,668,770 miles!

This means that the average distance is 4,764 miles - that's 17% further than the average distance across everything tracked by the calculator.

Based on average UK government emissions figures, travelling that distance produces roughly 1429 kg CO2 by plane, 1305 kg CO2 by car, or 267 kg CO2 by train.

For context: growing/producing 1kg of peas is estimated to generate roughly 0.98 kg CO2e in total (land use, farming, processing and packaging combined) - for most foods, that's far more than the transport emissions above. See what the research says about why what you eat usually matters more than how far it travelled. (Estimate for the closest matching category, Peas, not this exact product - source: Our World in Data, based on Poore & Nemecek 2018.)

The Top 20 sources are shown below:

Country From # of checks
United States 1,132
Brazil 736
China 729
Peru 542
Argentina 491
India 280
Australia 249
American Samoa 208
United Kingdom 144
South Africa 118
Spain 111
Nigeria 97
Mexico 83
Canada 75
Ireland 73
Netherlands 70
Sudan 48
Indonesia 45
Zimbabwe 43

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Roasted Peanuts, Salted Peanuts

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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