Sunday, May 17, 2015

  Heaviest strawberry: Japanese strawberry breaks Guinness World Records record (VIDEO)

TOKYO, Japan -- Farmer Koji Nakao from Fukuoka, Japan found an unusually large strawberry during harvest; the mutated strawberry weighs a whopping 250 grammes with an approximate height of 8 cm, length of 12 cm and circumference of 25 to 30 cm; the fruit has broken a long standing Guinness World records record held for over 30 years and sets the new world record for the Heaviest strawberry, according to the World Record Academy .

Photo: The mutated strawberry weighs a whopping 250 grammes with an approximate height of 8 cm, length of 12 cm and circumference of 25 to 30 cm. The previous Guinness World Records record holding strawberry weighed 231 grammes and was grown by G Andersen of Folkstone, Kent, UK in 1983. ( enlarge photo )

The Guinness World Records' record for the heaviest strawberry weighs 250 g (8.82 oz), which was grown by Koji Nakao (Japan) and was weighed in Fukuoka, Fukuoka, Japan, on 28 January 2015.

  Guinness World Records also recognized the world record for the most strawberries dipped in chocolate in one minute; it is 59 and was achieved by Benjamin Wilkins (UK) in Oxfordshire, UK, on 29 October 2013.

    The mutated strawberry weighs a whopping 250 grammes with an approximate height of 8 cm, length of 12 cm and circumference of 25 to 30 cm.

   Mutations can occur for a variety of reasons, for example, when frost damage affects to the flowers of the strawberry plant.

   In this case, multiple berries have grown and fused together to form one single large strawberry. Koji's extraordinary and unusual fruit, a Japanese variety called Amaou, has been given the World Record title for heaviest strawberry.