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Tomatoes Food Miles

How Far Has It Travelled?

In total "Tomatoes" has been searched for 151,932 times. The total mileage contribution of this is 351,619,747 miles!

This means that the average distance is 2,314 miles - that's 43% closer than the average distance across everything tracked by the calculator.

Based on average UK government emissions figures, travelling that distance produces roughly 694 kg CO2 by plane, 634 kg CO2 by car, or 130 kg CO2 by train.

For context: growing/producing 1kg of tomatoes is estimated to generate roughly 2.09 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, Tomatoes, 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
Spain 34,254
Italy 19,293
Morocco 12,867
France 11,967
Netherlands 11,540
Mexico 5,767
United States 4,895
Peru 4,564
United Kingdom 4,409
China 3,334
Chile 2,770
Australia 2,408
India 1,493
American Samoa 1,464
Brazil 1,407
Saudi Arabia 1,404
Germany 1,220
Belgium 1,106
Portugal 1,056

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100ml Tinned Tomatoes, 6 Cherry Tomatoes, Baby Plum Tomatoes, Baby Tomatoes, Beef Tomatoes, Brazilian Tinned Tomatoes, Can Of Chopped Tomatoes, Can Of Tomatoes, Can Tomatoes, Caned Tomatoes

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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