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Meat Food Miles

How Far Has It Travelled?

In total "Meat" has been searched for 9,489 times. The total mileage contribution of this is 40,064,199 miles!

This means that the average distance is 4,222 miles - that's 4% further than the average distance across everything tracked by the calculator.

Based on average UK government emissions figures, travelling that distance produces roughly 1267 kg CO2 by plane, 1157 kg CO2 by car, or 236 kg CO2 by train.

The Top 20 sources are shown below:

Country From # of checks
Australia 1,187
United States 982
Argentina 694
United Kingdom 533
Brazil 456
New Zealand 377
China 324
Ireland 271
Germany 266
Canada 203
France 174
Japan 158
Mexico 130
Austria 126
Italy 120
Afghanistan 119
Spain 110
India 106
American Samoa 102

Related Items

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

Beef Meat, Beef Meatballs, Beyond Meat, Burger Meat, Chicken Meat, Cow Meat, Crab Meat, Crocodile Meat, Dog Meat, Donner Meat

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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