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Ice Cream Food Miles

How Far Has It Travelled?

In total "Ice Cream" has been searched for 7,893 times. The total mileage contribution of this is 27,508,095 miles!

This means that the average distance is 3,485 miles - that's 14% closer than the average distance across everything tracked by the calculator.

Based on average UK government emissions figures, travelling that distance produces roughly 1046 kg CO2 by plane, 955 kg CO2 by car, or 195 kg CO2 by train.

The Top 20 sources are shown below:

Country From # of checks
China 1,331
Italy 1,142
United States 612
France 447
United Kingdom 413
Australia 288
Ireland 137
Germany 132
Belgium 130
Netherlands 124
New Zealand 117
Canada 103
Iceland 92
Switzerland 92
Brazil 71
Japan 70
American Samoa 69
Spain 64
Argentina 64

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

Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream, Ben And Jerry's Ice Cream, Ben And Jerrys Ice Cream, Ben And Jerry’s Ice Cream , Chocolate Ice Cream, Ice Cream Cones, Magnum Ice Cream, Strawberry Ice Cream, Vanilla Ice Cream

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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