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Eggs Food Miles

How Far Has It Travelled?

In total "Eggs" has been searched for 42,369 times. The total mileage contribution of this is 107,557,460 miles!

This means that the average distance is 2,539 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 762 kg CO2 by plane, 696 kg CO2 by car, or 142 kg CO2 by train.

For context: growing/producing 1kg of eggs is estimated to generate roughly 4.67 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, Eggs, 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 9,676
United States 3,465
China 3,269
Australia 2,604
Ireland 1,555
Canada 1,012
India 932
Japan 766
France 735
Egypt 681
New Zealand 567
Afghanistan 554
Netherlands 548
Germany 497
Malaysia 493
Brazil 486
Austria 390
Thailand 379
American Samoa 372

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Chicken Eggs, Easter Eggs, Fish Eggs, Free Range Eggs, Fresh Eggs, Garden Eggs, Hard Boiled Eggs, Large Eggs, Mini Eggs, Organic Eggs

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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