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Ireland Food Miles

Food Tracked From Ireland

Food has been tracked from Ireland 117,346 times, covering 72,569,494 miles in total.

That works out to an average of 618 miles per item - 85% closer than the average distance across everything tracked by the calculator.

Based on average UK government emissions figures, that produces roughly 185 kg CO2 by plane, 169 kg CO2 by car, or 35 kg CO2 by train.

According to our Food Miles tool the top 20 items tracked from Ireland are listed below.

Food Tracked # of checks
Potatoes 7,321
Mushrooms 6,676
Beef 5,656
Butter 2,713
Cheese 2,472
Carrots 2,202
Hamburger 2,156
Apple 1,951
Milk 1,714
EGGS 1,555
Chicken 1,455
Wholewheat Fusilli Pasta 1,399
Banana 1,309
Strawberries 1,256
Bread 1,172
Pasta 1,149
Barley 984
Honey 885
Ham 864
Beef Mince 846

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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