Millennials will need a bigger piece of toast as giant 4lb avocados weighing nine times more than an ordinary fruit hit supermarket shelves tomorrow
- The South African-grown Avozilla has experienced a bumper harvest this year
- This year’s Avozillas weigh an astonishing 3lbs 12oz (1.7kg), 1lbs more than 2019
- An ordinary avocado weighs around 7.5oz (215g) and is a lot smaller
- Shoppers can buy Avozilla for £4 from 300 Tesco stores from Friday
Giant avocados which are almost as heavy as two bags of sugar are hitting supermarket shelves tomorrow.
The supersized fruit is nine times heavier than the average avocado and comes from just a few trees grown more than 5,000 miles away.
A bumper crop of the South African-grown Avozillas are on offer this year thanks to a great harvest and perfect growing conditions in the hot climate abroad.
Whilst an ordinary avocado weighs around 7.5oz (215g), this year’s Avozillas weigh an astonishing 3lbs 12oz (1.7kg).
Giant avocados dubbed ‘Avozillas’ which are almost as heavy as two bags of sugar are hitting supermarket shelves tomorrow. Whilst an ordinary avocado weighs around 7.5oz (215g), this year’s Avozillas weigh an astonishing 3lbs 12oz (1.7kg)
Shoppers can grab a rare Avozilla for £4 when they go on sale at 300 Tesco stores across the country on Friday.
This year, they are half a kilogram heavier than previous yields and are bigger than ever before.
Avozillas returning to supermarket shelves this year also have an average length of nine inches and a circumference of up to five inches.
Previous ones were about seven inches long, with a circumference of up to four inches.
A major high street stir was caused when the Avozillas went on sale for the first time in 2013 – because they were five times bigger than a regular avocado.
Tesco chilled salad and avocado buyer Jordan Blandford said: ‘These amazing whoppers are guaranteed to stop anyone in their tracks.
More of the monster fruit is also available because trees bearing Avozillas only grow every other year due to the fruit’s enormous weight. Pictured: Tesco chilled salad and avocado buyer Jordan Blandford compares an Avozilla with an ordinary avocado
‘The fruit is extremely rare and comes from just a relatively small number of trees grown by one of the world’s biggest suppliers of avocados, in South Africa.
‘The Avozillas tend to grow in number every other year because the plant is depleted after bearing such large fruit.
‘Last year we hardly had any but this year we also had very good growing conditions and these two factors combined to help produce the far larger fruit.
‘The Avozilla is perfect if you are making a party size portion of guacamole as you only need to remove the skin of one fruit.
‘One of these monsters makes a huge bowl of guacamole.’