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Bread Food Miles

How Far Has It Travelled?

In total "Bread" has been searched for 29,283 times. The total mileage contribution of this is 73,593,336 miles!

This means that the average distance is 2,513 miles - that's 38% closer than the average distance across everything tracked by the calculator.

Based on average UK government emissions figures, travelling that distance produces roughly 754 kg CO2 by plane, 689 kg CO2 by car, or 141 kg CO2 by train.

For context: growing/producing 1kg of wheat/bread is estimated to generate roughly 1.57 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, Wheat/bread, 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
United Kingdom 5,231
Egypt 3,192
France 2,346
United States 2,043
Australia 1,412
Germany 1,262
Ireland 1,172
Canada 940
Italy 662
China 644
Türkiye 368
Afghanistan 315
India 299
Belgium 258
Brazil 255
New Zealand 245
Spain 240
American Samoa 228
Mexico 217

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

Banana Bread, Bread And Butter, Bread Bun, Bread Crumbs, Bread Crums, Bread Flour , Bread Flower, Bread Fruit, Bread Rolls, Bread Sauce

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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