WORLD RECORDS

1. The most grapes eaten in one minute is 73 and was achieved by Dinesh Shivnath Upadhyaya (India), in Mumbai, India, on 7 June 2014.

2. Bruce Masters (UK) has visited 46,495 pubs and various drinking establishments since 1960, sampling the local brew where available, as of 29 January 2014.

3. The largest pizza has a total surface area of 1,261.65 m² (13,580.28 ft²) and was prepared by Dovilio Nardi, Andrea Mannocchi, Marco Nardi, Matteo Nardi and Matteo Giannotte (all Italy) from NIPfood at Fiera Roma, in Rome, Italy, on 13 December 2012.

4. The heaviest cabbage weighed 62.71 kg (138.25 lb) and was presented at the Alaska State Fair by Scott A. Robb (USA) in Palmer, Alaska, USA, on 31 August 2012. Scott A. Robb has previously held a number of Guinness World Records for heaviest vegetables, including the 'Heaviest turninp', among others.

5. The hottest chilli is Smokin Ed's 'Carolina Reaper', grown by The PuckerButt Pepper Company (USA), which rates at an average of 1,569,300 Scoville Heat Units (SHU), according to tests conducted by Winthrop University in South Carolina, USA, throughout 2012.

6. The most expensive hamburger sells for $5,000 (£3,188.37) and is prepared by Juicys Foods and Ovations Foodservices for Juicys Outlaw Grill, based in Corvallis, Oregon, USA, as of 2 July 2011.

7. The White Truffle (Tuber magnum pico) is the world's most expensive edible fungus, fetching up to U$3,000 per kilo. They can only be found in the Italian regions of Piedmont, Emilia-Romagna, Tuscany and Marches, and the Istrian peninsula of Croatia, and because they grow about a foot underground, they can only be located with the help of trained dogs.

8. The largest samosa is 110.8 kg (244 lb 4 oz) and was created by Bradford College (UK), in Bradford, UK, on 22 June 2012. The samosa measured 135 cm long (53 in), 85 cm wide (33 in) and 29 cm high (11 in).

9. The most hamburgers eaten in 3 minutes is 12 and was achieved by Takeru Kobayashi (Japan) on the set of 'Lo Show dei Record' in Milan, Italy, on 11 July 2014.

10. Chad Fell (USA) blew a bubblegum bubble with a diameter of 50.8 cm (20 in) without using his hands at the Double Springs High School, Winston County, Alabama, USA on 24 April 2004.

11. The record for most ice cream scoops thrown and caught in one minute by a team of two is 25, achieved by Gabriele Soravia (thrower) and Lorenzo Soravia (catcher) (both Germany), on the set of Guinness World Records - Die größten Weltrekorde in Cologne, Germany, on 1 September 2007.

12. The largest cake sculpture measures 16.46 m x 13.94 m x 0.54 m (54 ft x 45 ft 7 in x 1 ft 9.25 in) and was achieved by National Association Cake Designers Italy in Milan, Italy, on 4 October 2015.

13. The largest spam musubi weighs 284.86 kg (628 lb) and was made by Edward Sugimoto (USA) and his team at the annual Hawaii Rice Fest in Honolulu, Hawaii, USA, on 29 September 2012.

14. The most juice extracted from grapes by treading in two minutes (individual) is 20.3 litres (4.47 gal) and was acheived by Martina Servaty (Germany) on the set of Guinness World Records - Die Grössten Weltrekorde in Cologne, Germany, on 13 September 2008.

15. The largest scoop of ice-cream weighed 1365kg 312.93g (3,010 lb) and was created by Kemps LLC (USA), in Cedarburg, Wisconsin, USA on 28 June 2014.