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Tomatoes Food Miles

How Far Has It Travelled?

In total "Tomatoes" has been searched for 150,425 times. The total mileage contribution of this is 348,394,056 miles!

This means that the average distance is 2,316 miles - that's 43% closer than the average distance across everything tracked by the calculator.

Based on average UK government emissions figures, travelling that distance produces roughly 695 kg CO2 by plane, 635 kg CO2 by car, or 130 kg CO2 by train.

For context: growing/producing 1kg of tomatoes is estimated to generate roughly 2.09 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, Tomatoes, 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
Spain 33,959
Italy 19,035
Morocco 12,749
France 11,917
Netherlands 11,319
Mexico 5,729
United States 4,845
Peru 4,480
United Kingdom 4,370
China 3,308
Chile 2,750
Australia 2,391
India 1,480
American Samoa 1,452
Saudi Arabia 1,404
Brazil 1,398
Germany 1,131
Belgium 1,098
Portugal 1,054

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100ml Tinned Tomatoes, 6 Cherry Tomatoes, Baby Plum Tomatoes, Baby Tomatoes, Beef Tomatoes, Brazilian Tinned Tomatoes, Can Of Chopped Tomatoes, Can Of Tomatoes, Can Tomatoes, Caned Tomatoes

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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