14 Amazing Food Records in World

If inspiration comes from reading, watching or listening success stories of any kind or participating in record breaking, then here are list of amazing food records as recorded in the Guinness World Records.  Can you break them? 

1. Largest Samosa

The largest samosa is 110.8 kg (244 lb 4 oz) and was created by Bradford College (UK), in Bradford, UK, on 22 June 2012. The samosa measured 135 cm long (53 in), 85 cm wide (33 in) and 29 cm high (11 in). 

2. Largest Bubblegum Bubble Blown 

Chad Fell (USA) blew a bubblegum bubble with a diameter of 50.8 cm (20 in) without using his hands at the Double Springs High School, Winston County, Alabama, USA on 24 April 2004.

3. Largest Bowl of Porridge  

The largest bowl of porridge is 1,380 kg (3,042 lb 6 oz) and was made by Flahavan’s and Waterford Harvest Festival (both Ireland), in Waterford, Ireland, on 16 September 2012.

  

4. Most Juice Extracted from Grapes by Treading in Two Minutes (individual) 

The most juice extracted from grapes by treading in two minutes (individual) is 20.3 litres (4.47 gal) and was acheived by Martina Servaty (Germany) on the set of Guinness World Records - Die Grössten Weltrekorde in Cologne, Germany, on 13 September 2008.

5. Most Smarties/M&Ms Eaten in One Minute Blindfolded Using Chopsticks 

The most M&Ms eaten in one minute blindfolded is 20 and was achieved by Ashrita Furman (USA), at the Sri Chimnoy Centre in New York, New York, USA, on 8 December 2011.

6. Most Ice Cream Scoops Thrown and Caught in One Minute by a Team of Two 

The record for most ice cream scoops thrown and caught in one minute by a team of two is 25, achieved by Gabriele Soravia (thrower) and Lorenzo Soravia (catcher) (both Germany), on the set of Guinness World Records - Die größten Weltrekorde in Cologne, Germany, on 1 September 2007.

7. Most Big Macs Consumed 

Donald A. Gorske (USA) consumed his 26,000th McDonald’s Big Mac on 11 October 2012, in his fortieth year of eating Big Macs on a daily basis.

8. Largest Cake Sculpture  

The largest cake sculpture measures 16.46 m x 13.94 m x 0.54 m (54 ft x 45 ft 7 in x 1 ft 9.25 in) and was achieved by National Association Cake Designers Italy in Milan, Italy, on 4 October 2015. The scultpure was made by 250 cake designers.

9. Heaviest Cabbage 

The heaviest cabbage weighed 62.71 kg (138.25 lb) and was presented at the Alaska State Fair by Scott A. Robb (USA) in Palmer, Alaska, USA, on 31 August 2012. Scott A. Robb has previously held a number of Guinness World Records for heaviest vegetables, including the 'Heaviest turninp', among others.

10. Most Expensive Hamburger

The most expensive hamburger sells for $5,000 (£3,188.37) and is prepared by Juicys Foods and Ovations Foodservices for Juicys Outlaw Grill, based in Corvallis, Oregon, USA, as of 2 July 2011.

11. Most Expensive Fungus Species 

The White Truffle (Tuber magnum pico) is the world's most expensive edible fungus, fetching up to U$3,000 per kilo. They can only be found in the Italian regions of Piedmont, Emilia-Romagna, Tuscany and Marches, and the Istrian peninsula of Croatia, and because they grow about a foot underground, they can only be located with the help of trained dogs.

12. Largest Scoop of Ice Cream 

The largest scoop of ice-cream weighed 1365kg 312.93g (3,010 lb) and was created by Kemps LLC (USA), in Cedarburg, Wisconsin, USA on 28 June 2014. The strawberry flavored ice-cream scoop measured 5’ 6” tall and 6’ 2” wide, containing approximately 733 containers of ice-cream. Thousands of attendees at the Cedarburg strawberry festival lined up and received a generous serving of the ice-cream for free throughout the weekend.

13. Hottest Chili 

The hottest chilli is Smokin Ed's 'Carolina Reaper', grown by The PuckerButt Pepper Company (USA), which rates at an average of 1,569,300 Scoville Heat Units (SHU), according to tests conducted by Winthrop University in South Carolina, USA, throughout 2012. The Scoville Unit (SHU) scale is a method of quantifying a substance's 'spiciness', through determining the concentration of the chemical compounds responsible for the sensation, which are named capsaicinoids.

14. Largest Pizza 

The largest pizza has a total surface area of 1,261.65 m² (13,580.28 ft²) and was prepared by Dovilio Nardi, Andrea Mannocchi, Marco Nardi, Matteo Nardi and Matteo Giannotte (all Italy) from NIPfood at Fiera Roma, in Rome, Italy, on 13 December 2012.

The pizza was named "Ottavia", a word of Roman origin for "eighth son", as a homage to the first Roman emperor Octavian Augustus, who represented an epoch-making change in the history of Rome and brought the Empire into a period of economic and cultural unrest.

Ottavia was 100% gluten-free, educating and spreading a message to the whole world about the importance of health conscious food choices. A gluten-free diet can have a variety of health benefits, including improving cholesterol levels, promoting digestive health, and increasing energy levels.

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