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Chicken Breast Food Miles

How Far Has It Travelled?

In total "Chicken Breast" has been searched for 2,750 times. The total mileage contribution of this is 4,609,162 miles!

This means that the average distance is 1,676 miles - that's 59% closer than the average distance across everything tracked by the calculator.

Based on average UK government emissions figures, travelling that distance produces roughly 503 kg CO2 by plane, 459 kg CO2 by car, or 94 kg CO2 by train.

For context: growing/producing 1kg of chicken is estimated to generate roughly 9.87 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, Chicken, 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 909
United States 302
Poland 152
Australia 149
Ireland 132
India 100
Canada 83
China 80
Thailand 66
Germany 64
Brazil 53
Netherlands 46
France 23
Malaysia 19
New Zealand 15
Belgium 15
Afghanistan 15
American Samoa 14
Switzerland 11

Related Items

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

Boneless Chicken Breast, Boneless Skinless Chicken Breast, Chicken Breast Fillets, Chicken Breast Strips

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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