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Pineapple Food Miles

How Far Has It Travelled?

In total "Pineapple" has been searched for 117,050 times. The total mileage contribution of this is 588,387,031 miles!

This means that the average distance is 5,027 miles - that's 23% further than the average distance across everything tracked by the calculator.

Based on average UK government emissions figures, travelling that distance produces roughly 1508 kg CO2 by plane, 1377 kg CO2 by car, or 282 kg CO2 by train.

For context: growing/producing 1kg of apples is estimated to generate roughly 0.43 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, Apples, 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
Costa Rica 36,534
Brazil 14,986
China 12,272
Philippines 4,094
United States 3,296
Ghana 3,005
Paraguay 2,521
Thailand 2,402
Australia 2,241
Kenya 1,946
South Africa 1,895
Indonesia 1,710
Ecuador 1,551
American Samoa 1,524
Argentina 1,497
United Kingdom 1,455
Mexico 1,307
Jamaica 1,030
Barbados 822

Related Items

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

Can Of Pineapple Pieces, Canned Pineapple, Crushed Pineapple, Dole Canned Pineapple, Dole Pineapple, Dole Sliced Pineapple In Juice, Dried Pineapple, Fresh Pineapple, Fresh Whole Pineapple, Frozen Pineapple

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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