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Cocoa Food Miles

How Far Has It Travelled?

In total "Cocoa" has been searched for 18,608 times. The total mileage contribution of this is 82,696,032 miles!

This means that the average distance is 4,444 miles - that's 9% further than the average distance across everything tracked by the calculator.

Based on average UK government emissions figures, travelling that distance produces roughly 1333 kg CO2 by plane, 1218 kg CO2 by car, or 249 kg CO2 by train.

For context: growing/producing 1kg of dark chocolate is estimated to generate roughly 46.65 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, Dark chocolate, 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
Ghana 5,710
Brazil 2,013
Cote d'Ivoire 1,415
Nigeria 1,085
Mexico 609
Indonesia 569
Cameroon 432
Ecuador 416
South Africa 387
Peru 316
United Kingdom 268
United States 254
Australia 237
Dominican Republic 199
Argentina 178
Colombia 174
Germany 164
Kenya 143
Malaysia 141

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

Cocoa Beans, Cocoa Beans, Cocoa Butter, Cocoa Nibs, Cocoa Pods, Cocoa Pops, Cocoa Powder, Cocoa Power, Cocoa Products , Cocoa Puffs

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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