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Molly Holt

Morrisons now sells enormous 1kg avocados - and they cost just £2

Think you're the world's biggest avocado fan? Eat it with everything - even your Nando's?

Then get ready to test your avocado appetite, as Morrisons has just started selling massive 1kg avocados, that are three times the size of a normal 170g avocado.

Already in the majority of Morrisons stores all across the country while stocks last, they're also weirdly cheap, setting you back £2 per avocado - an absolute steal considering the huge fruits take an entire year to grow.

The super-sized avocados were first launched in Morrisons a year ago, but are now back in stores after another carefully grown crop, which has taken 310 days to mature.

Morrisons states that it's worked closely with its grower, Horacio Frias, in Argentina to monitor the crop conditions and to harvest at the optimum time, ensuring the best quality, creamy avocados.

While we'll most definitely just be calling them the massive avocados, their official name is Morrisons Giant Torres Avocados, nick-named the ‘Chameleon Avocado’ due to its colours changing from green to black as it ripens.

The enormous fruits measure up to 25cm in diameter and have taken ten months to grow and before you start wondering whether their size is just due to a secretly massive stone in the middle... Morrisons has confirmed that they still have a 70% flesh to 30% stone ratio, so there's still three times more creamy goodness than your standard-size avocado.

Avocado Expert at Morrisons, Liam Hancock, said: “The Giant Torres Avocados were a huge hit with our customers last year so we’re delighted to be bringing them back. They are perfect for sharing or as an ingredient in meals such as avocado on toast”.

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