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Nuts Food Miles

How Far Has It Travelled?

In total "Nuts" has been searched for 7,717 times. The total mileage contribution of this is 37,245,167 miles!

This means that the average distance is 4,826 miles - that's 18% further than the average distance across everything tracked by the calculator.

Based on average UK government emissions figures, travelling that distance produces roughly 1448 kg CO2 by plane, 1322 kg CO2 by car, or 270 kg CO2 by train.

For context: growing/producing 1kg of nuts is estimated to generate roughly 0.43 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, Nuts, 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
Brazil 1,989
Vietnam 885
United States 562
Nicaragua 430
Australia 250
China 210
India 193
Türkiye 149
Italy 144
United Kingdom 127
Argentina 101
Iran 80
Germany 77
Peru 75
Afghanistan 70
France 63
Chile 62
Zimbabwe 61
Spain 61

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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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