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Korea, South Food Miles

Food Tracked From Korea, South

Food has been tracked from Korea, South 25,189 times, covering 98,137,065 miles in total.

That works out to an average of 3,896 miles per item - 4% closer than the average distance across everything tracked by the calculator.

Based on average UK government emissions figures, that produces roughly 1169 kg CO2 by plane, 1068 kg CO2 by car, or 218 kg CO2 by train.

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

Food Tracked # of checks
Hamburger 2,162
Kimchi 1,684
Seaweed 1,043
Strawberries 904
Noodles 889
Apple 758
RIce 518
Ramen 446
Banana 198
Sauce 184
Pororo Drink 169
Milk 168
Pasta 166
Pears 164
Grapes 152
Instant Noodles 147
Garlic 141
Sushi 136
Buldak 132
Potatoes 126

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