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Lime Food Miles

How Far Has It Travelled?

In total "Lime" has been searched for 15,669 times. The total mileage contribution of this is 79,726,481 miles!

This means that the average distance is 5,088 miles - that's 25% further than the average distance across everything tracked by the calculator.

Based on average UK government emissions figures, travelling that distance produces roughly 1526 kg CO2 by plane, 1394 kg CO2 by car, or 285 kg CO2 by train.

The Top 20 sources are shown below:

Country From # of checks
Brazil 6,054
Mexico 2,537
Chile 1,028
Vietnam 658
India 472
Peru 457
Indonesia 359
Spain 354
Argentina 301
Egypt 273
French Polynesia 236
United States 215
Australia 182
China 159
United Kingdom 148
Malaysia 142
South Africa 107
Colombia 100
Israel 77

Related Items

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

1 Lime, Finger Lime, Kaffir Lime Leaves, Key Lime, Lemon And Lime, Lemons And Limes, Lime And Ginger Cordial, Lime Juice, Lime Leaves, Lime Pickle

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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