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Tomatoes Food Miles

How Far Has It Travelled?

In total "Tomatoes" has been searched for 151,533 times. The total mileage contribution of this is 350,886,187 miles!

This means that the average distance is 2,316 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 695 kg CO2 by plane, 635 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 34,186
Italy 19,255
Morocco 12,835
France 11,962
Netherlands 11,446
Mexico 5,753
United States 4,869
Peru 4,553
United Kingdom 4,399
China 3,332
Chile 2,768
Australia 2,398
India 1,483
American Samoa 1,462
Brazil 1,406
Saudi Arabia 1,404
Germany 1,190
Belgium 1,103
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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