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Pork Food Miles

How Far Has It Travelled?

In total "Pork" has been searched for 8,983 times. The total mileage contribution of this is 27,417,145 miles!

This means that the average distance is 3,052 miles - that's 25% closer than the average distance across everything tracked by the calculator.

Based on average UK government emissions figures, travelling that distance produces roughly 916 kg CO2 by plane, 836 kg CO2 by car, or 171 kg CO2 by train.

For context: growing/producing 1kg of pork is estimated to generate roughly 12.31 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, Pork, 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
Denmark 1,696
China 958
United Kingdom 795
United States 779
Australia 431
Germany 352
Canada 295
Spain 248
Netherlands 226
Japan 199
Brazil 187
Poland 170
Ireland 127
New Zealand 115
France 111
American Samoa 104
Belgium 78
Indonesia 77
Taiwan 68

Related Items

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

2 Pork Sausages , Chilled Pork, Chopped Pork, Frozen Pork, Ground Pork, Minced Pork, Pork Belly, Pork Chops, Pork Joint, Pork Loin

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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