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New Zealand Food Miles

Food Tracked From New Zealand

Food has been tracked from New Zealand 191,748 times, covering 1,887,582,198 miles in total.

That works out to an average of 9,844 miles per item - 141% further than the average distance across everything tracked by the calculator.

Based on average UK government emissions figures, that produces roughly 2953 kg CO2 by plane, 2697 kg CO2 by car, or 551 kg CO2 by train.

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

Food Tracked # of checks
Lamb 54,518
Kiwi 23,311
Apple 16,500
Kiwi Fruit 6,877
Deez Nuts 4,650
Apricots 3,827
Butter 3,813
Hamburger 2,177
Onions 1,525
Beef 1,403
Banana 1,187
Cheese 1,180
Avocado 1,133
Wine 1,123
Milk 1,120
Honey 1,060
Lamb Chops 957
Swede 750
Chocolate 589
Strawberries 576

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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