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Bacon Food Miles

How Far Has It Travelled?

In total "Bacon" has been searched for 15,473 times. The total mileage contribution of this is 32,402,075 miles!

This means that the average distance is 2,094 miles - that's 49% closer than the average distance across everything tracked by the calculator.

Based on average UK government emissions figures, travelling that distance produces roughly 628 kg CO2 by plane, 574 kg CO2 by car, or 117 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 4,810
United Kingdom 1,975
China 1,131
United States 1,102
Netherlands 880
Ireland 503
Australia 493
Sweden 488
Canada 469
Germany 313
France 197
Spain 180
Brazil 156
Italy 149
New Zealand 108
Belgium 96
Afghanistan 96
American Samoa 95
Argentina 90

Related Items

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

Back Bacon, Bacon Bits, Bacon Grill, Bacon Lardons, Bacon Rashers, Bacon Roll, Bacon Sandwich, Canadian Bacon, Danish Bacon, Smoked Bacon

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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