Australian Growers Break World Record For Heaviest Blueberry

Published on March 19, 2024

The world record for the heaviest blueberry has now been beaten and officially entered in the Guinness World Records. Grown by staff at blueberry grower Costa Group in New South Wales, the blueberry, picked on Nov. 13 and kept in a freezer since then, weighs in at 20.4 grams (0.71 ounces) and measures 39.31 millimetres (1.55 inches) beating the previous heaviest blueberry record grown in Western Australia in 2020 that weighed 16.20 grams (0.57 ounces) The specific blueberry variety grown by Costa Group is new and developed to meet the demand by consumers for bigger berries. In a statement to BBC news, Costa Group senior horticulturist, Brad Hocking said “Eterna as a variety has a really great flavour and consistently large fruit. When we picked this one, there were probably around 20 other berries of a similar size.”...

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