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World’s longest Wotsit record set as snack stretches 35ft

The world's biggest Wotsit has been created, becoming the longest puffed corn snack on the planet.

The whopping treat measures 10.66 metres (35ft) and took a team of eight two hours and 29 minutes to create.

It was baked up at the Walkers factory in Leicester which, two months ago, saw 28 of its workers test positive for coronavirus.

The achievement proves, with record-breaking flare, that the site is back in business.

The crisp is equivalent in length to 164 regular Wotsits Giants (Fabio De Paola/PA)

Announcing the news, Walkers spokesman Wayne Rowland said: “When the team called me up and suggested this I couldn’t believe it … it’s not often you get briefed to make the world’s biggest Wotsit.

“We’re going to get it mounted and display it on the wall at the factory!”

The jumbo snack measures 35ft in length (Fabio De Paola/PA)

To land the world record title, the snack had to be at least 10 metres long, yet stay the same width as a normal Wotsit Giant.

Weighing in at 250 grams, it is equivalent in length to 164 regular Wotsits Giants.

Guinness World Records said they have 'never seen anything like it' (Fabio De Paola/PA)

The jumbo crisp had to be baked by hand as it was too large to fit into the factory’s ovens.

Paulina Sapinska, an adjudicator for Guinness World Records, said: “We’ve seen a lot of size-inspired food entries and attempts before but never have we seen anything quite like this.

“It’s not every day you see six people having to hold up a single snack.”

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