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Iranian dairy company claims world record for the largest ice-cream Iranian dairy company claims world record for the largest tub of ice-cream
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An Iranian dairy company has claimed to have set a new world record for the largest ice-cream weighting five tonnes (11023.1 lb). A dairy company in Iran has claimed to have set a new world record for the largest tub of ice-cream.
Thousands of Iranians flocked to a ceremony on Monday held by Choopan Dairy at the Tochal resort in Velenjak mountainous area in the north of the capital Tehran to unveil an ice-cream as large as 1.6-meters (five feet) by two meters (seven feet) with chocolate flavour. Thousands of Iranians flocked to a ceremony on Monday held by Choopan dairy at the Tochal resort in Velenjak mountainous area north of the capital Tehran to unveil the five-tonne (11,023lb) chocolate dessert contained within a tub measuring at least 1.6 metres (5ft) by 2 metres.
"Right now, we are breaking the record which was registered in 2005 by Baskin-Robbins for about 4 tonnes," the event's organiser Khashayar Baheri told the state-run Press TV. "We're breaking that record by one tonne.""Right now, we are breaking the record which was registered in 2005 by Baskin-Robbins for about 4 tonnes," the event's organiser Khashayar Baheri told the state-run Press TV. "We're breaking that record by one tonne."
Choopan Dairy's aim was to get into the Guinness Book of World Records and the organisers said they had achieved their goal. Representatives from the Guinness attended the ceremony, according to reports, but the organisation could not be immediately reached on Tuesday for any confirmation of the confectioner's claim. Choopan dairy's aim was to get into the record books. Organisers claim to have achieved their goal. Representatives from the Guinness World Records attended the ceremony, according to reports. But the organisation could not be immediately reached on Tuesday for any confirmation of the claim.
In September 2005, the American global ice-cream firm, Baskin-Robbins, set a world record by making an ice-cream tub weighing 4.02 tonnes (8,865 lb) with vanilla flavour. In September 2005, the US firm Baskin-Robbins set a world record by making a tub containing 4.02 tonnes of vanilla ice-cream.
Press TV's video dispatch showed a large crowd of Iranians attending the ceremony which was held during Nowruz, the Persian New Year, a 13-day ancient Zoroastrian festival celebrated as the most important holiday of the Iranian calendar. The crowd was later rewarded with free ice-creams. Press TV's video dispatch showed a large crowd of Iranians attending the ceremony which was held during Nowruz, the Persian New Year, a 13-day Zoroastrian festival celebrated as the most important holiday of the Iranian calendar. The crowd was later rewarded with free ice-creams.
"First, I came to this event because it gives me national pride for our achievement and then, of course I love ice-cream," a middle-aged lady told Press TV. "First, I came to this event because it gives me national pride for our achievement and then, of course I love ice-cream," one woman told Press TV.
"I'm here with my family to see the biggest ice-cream in the world in Iran and Iranians are making it and I think everyone is having fun," another attendant said. "I'm here with my family to see the biggest ice-cream in the world in Iran and Iranians are making it and I think everyone is having fun," said another person attending the event.
The Associated Press reported from Tehran that Iranians eat an average 1.5 kilograms (3.3. lb) of ice-cream per year. The Associated Press reported that Iranians eat an average 1.5kg of ice-cream a year.