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Lime Food Miles

How Far Has It Travelled?

In total "Lime" has been searched for 15,570 times. The total mileage contribution of this is 79,160,438 miles!

This means that the average distance is 5,084 miles - that's 25% further than the average distance across everything tracked by the calculator.

Based on average UK government emissions figures, travelling that distance produces roughly 1525 kg CO2 by plane, 1393 kg CO2 by car, or 285 kg CO2 by train.

The Top 20 sources are shown below:

Country From # of checks
Brazil 6,021
Mexico 2,522
Chile 1,009
Vietnam 655
India 471
Peru 456
Indonesia 352
Spain 351
Argentina 300
Egypt 273
French Polynesia 236
United States 214
Australia 181
China 157
United Kingdom 148
Malaysia 142
South Africa 105
Colombia 99
Israel 77

Related Items

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

1 Lime, Finger Lime, Kaffir Lime Leaves, Key Lime, Lemon And Lime, Lemons And Limes, Lime And Ginger Cordial, Lime Juice, Lime Leaves, Lime Pickle

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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