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Pears Food Miles

How Far Has It Travelled?

In total "Pears" has been searched for 38,670 times. The total mileage contribution of this is 155,937,184 miles!

This means that the average distance is 4,033 miles - that's 1% closer than the average distance across everything tracked by the calculator.

Based on average UK government emissions figures, travelling that distance produces roughly 1210 kg CO2 by plane, 1105 kg CO2 by car, or 226 kg CO2 by train.

For context: growing/producing 1kg of peas is estimated to generate roughly 0.98 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, Peas, 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
South Africa 12,381
Argentina 3,759
Belgium 2,878
China 2,799
Netherlands 2,142
Portugal 1,880
United Kingdom 1,126
United States 1,017
Italy 962
France 806
Ireland 731
Australia 615
Spain 592
Chile 346
Brazil 242
Japan 229
Canada 223
Afghanistan 211
New Zealand 204

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

Asparagus Spears, Baby Corn Spears, Barlett Pears, Bartlett Pears, Broccoli Spears, Canned Pears, Conference Pears, Mine Pears, Mini Pears, Pears ( Bartlett )

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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