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Peanut Butter Food Miles

How Far Has It Travelled?

In total "Peanut Butter" has been searched for 5,150 times. The total mileage contribution of this is 21,134,618 miles!

This means that the average distance is 4,104 miles - that's 1% further than the average distance across everything tracked by the calculator.

Based on average UK government emissions figures, travelling that distance produces roughly 1231 kg CO2 by plane, 1124 kg CO2 by car, or 230 kg CO2 by train.

For context: growing/producing 1kg of peas is estimated to generate roughly 0.98 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, Peas, 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
United States 1,771
China 504
Netherlands 488
Australia 372
Canada 340
United Kingdom 311
Argentina 225
American Samoa 141
Philippines 100
New Zealand 99
India 95
Ireland 84
Brazil 51
Germany 27
Togo 26
South Africa 25
Zimbabwe 24
Peru 15
Italy 14

Related Items

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

Crunchy Peanut Butter, Jif Peanut Butter, Kraft Peanut Butter, Peanut Butter Cups, Reese's Peanut Butter Cups, Reeses Peanut Butter Cups, Skippy Peanut Butter, Smooth Peanut Butter

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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