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Spices Food Miles

How Far Has It Travelled?

In total "Spices" has been searched for 4,366 times. The total mileage contribution of this is 20,044,986 miles!

This means that the average distance is 4,591 miles - that's 13% further than the average distance across everything tracked by the calculator.

Based on average UK government emissions figures, travelling that distance produces roughly 1377 kg CO2 by plane, 1258 kg CO2 by car, or 257 kg CO2 by train.

The Top 20 sources are shown below:

Country From # of checks
India 1,991
Mexico 368
China 207
Sri Lanka 148
Pakistan 98
New Zealand 87
Bangladesh 82
Morocco 75
Indonesia 74
Japan 70
Italy 58
Thailand 56
South Africa 55
Australia 51
United Kingdom 45
Vietnam 43
Syria 40
Egypt 31
Chile 30

Related Items

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

Curry Spices, Herbs And Spices, Indian Spices, Mexico Spices

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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