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Bacon Food Miles

How Far Has It Travelled?

In total "Bacon" has been searched for 15,538 times. The total mileage contribution of this is 32,590,165 miles!

This means that the average distance is 2,097 miles - that's 49% closer than the average distance across everything tracked by the calculator.

Based on average UK government emissions figures, travelling that distance produces roughly 629 kg CO2 by plane, 575 kg CO2 by car, or 117 kg CO2 by train.

For context: growing/producing 1kg of pork is estimated to generate roughly 12.31 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, Pork, 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
Denmark 4,813
United Kingdom 1,986
China 1,137
United States 1,112
Netherlands 882
Ireland 504
Australia 497
Sweden 488
Canada 474
Germany 318
France 197
Spain 181
Brazil 156
Italy 150
New Zealand 109
Belgium 99
Afghanistan 98
American Samoa 96
Argentina 91

Related Items

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

Back Bacon, Bacon Bits, Bacon Grill, Bacon Lardons, Bacon Rashers, Bacon Roll, Bacon Sandwich, Canadian Bacon, Danish Bacon, Smoked Bacon

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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