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Saffron Food Miles

How Far Has It Travelled?

In total "Saffron" has been searched for 1,045 times. The total mileage contribution of this is 3,242,732 miles!

This means that the average distance is 3,103 miles - that's 24% closer than the average distance across everything tracked by the calculator.

Based on average UK government emissions figures, travelling that distance produces roughly 931 kg CO2 by plane, 850 kg CO2 by car, or 174 kg CO2 by train.

The Top 20 sources are shown below:

Country From # of checks
Iran 301
Spain 189
Greece 127
India 113
Afghanistan 34
Korea, South 31
Morocco 27
Egypt 25
Australia 18
United Kingdom 15
France 13
Italy 12
Türkiye 10
China 10
Korea, North 8
Pakistan 7
New Zealand 7
United States 7
Bangladesh 5

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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