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Wheat Food Miles

How Far Has It Travelled?

In total "Wheat" has been searched for 30,203 times. The total mileage contribution of this is 102,613,960 miles!

This means that the average distance is 3,397 miles - that's 17% closer than the average distance across everything tracked by the calculator.

Based on average UK government emissions figures, travelling that distance produces roughly 1019 kg CO2 by plane, 931 kg CO2 by car, or 190 kg CO2 by train.

For context: growing/producing 1kg of wheat/bread is estimated to generate roughly 1.57 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, Wheat/bread, 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
Canada 14,994
United States 2,283
China 1,562
United Kingdom 1,494
Australia 883
Türkiye 841
India 826
Russia 816
France 701
Germany 618
Italy 449
Ukraine 401
Iraq 204
Argentina 162
Egypt 146
New Zealand 143
American Samoa 142
Ireland 128
Afghanistan 126

Related Items

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

Buckwheat, Bulgar Wheat, Bulgur Wheat, Durum Wheat, Durum Wheat Semolina, Enriched Wheat Flour, Flour/wheat, Milk And Wheat, Shredded Wheat, Strong White Wheat Flour

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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