Monday, November 9, 2015

Largest quinoa salad: Florida International University broke Guinness World Records record

MIAMI, FL, USA -- A team composed six food industry engineers, three chefs from Universidad San Ignacio de Loyola / Florida International University and several cooking students from Peru, Panama, El Salvador and from other countries at San Ignacio College broke the Guinness World Records record for the largest quinoa salad in Miami, United States; the Inca's golden grain was the main ingredient of the salad that concluded to weigh 760 kilograms and 700 grams in total, thus setting the new world record for the Largest quinoa salad, according to the World Record Academy .
  Photo: Peruvian chef Rosa Polo led a team in Miami in preparing the World's Largest Quinoa Salad. The team used more than 1,500 pounds of quinoa! Photo: ANDINA ( enlarge photo )

The Guinness World Records' record for the largest Caesar salad was prepared by Canirac, the Tijuana Restauranteurs Chamber of Commerce, weighed 3.287 tonnes (7,246 lb) and was unveiled in Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico on 20 October 2007.

  Guinness World Records also recognized the world record for the largest fruit salad weighed 8,690 kg (19,158 lb 2.72 oz) and was achieved by Spar Österreichische Warenhandels-AG (Austria) in Vienna, Austria, on 27 June 2014.

   The Inca's golden grain was the main ingredient of the salad that concluded to weigh 760 kilograms and 700 grams in total.

    Peruvian chef Rosa Polo led a team in Miami in preparing the salad. The team used more than 1,500 pounds of quinoa!

   Taking part in the event were six food industry engineers, three chefs from Universidad San Ignacio de Loyola (USIL), and several cooking students from Peru, Panama, El Salvador, among other countries.

    Quinoa is a grain found in both Peru and Bolivia and has gained mainstream recognition as a low-fat starch that serves as a healthy alternative to meat.

   It was earlier this year that Harvard University released a study that consuming a bowl of quinoa a day could save your life.

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