Avocado In Hawaii Breaks Guinness World Record

Taylor A Ritz October 2019Millennials everywhere, rejoice! The Guinness World Record for the world’s largest avocado has recently been broken. The award-winning superfruit weighed in at 5.6 pounds, or 5 pounds, 9.6 ounces), beating out the former record-holding 5.5-pound avocado. The typical avocado weighs about 6 oz, so this avocado was almost 15 times the …

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How Kroger Is Keeping Avocados Ripe Longer

Fresh Avocado

Time for a Millenial happy dance. Taylor A. Ritz Kroger Partnering With Apeel Sciences Part of the love-hate relationship with avocados is knowing that one day you’ll cut into your favorite fruit only to find a brown, mushy, inedible consistency inside. But what if I told you that you could buy an avocado that would …

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How to Salvage an Overripe Avocado

Overripe Avocado

Taylor A. Ritz Sometimes it seems like the window for eating an avocado is incredibly small. We wait around for our avocados to ripen only to find that in a few short days the inside has turned soft and brown. Though these overripe avocados may not be aesthetically pleasing, they can still be useful. Note …

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Los Angeles Obsessed With New Avocado Beer

Avocado Beer

Taylor A Ritz It’s no secret that the people of Los Angeles love avocados. Not only is the state of California the top producer of avocados in the United States, but it’s also one of the biggest consumers of the delightful fruit as well. Los Angelians love avocados so much, they have an annual Avocado …

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Can Avocado Pits Make Plastic Straws?

A company came up with a better alternative than to make plastic straws. The use of plastics is slowly falling out due to its health hazard and environmental damages. Good thing, a manufacturing biodegradable straws using avocado seeds were used since way back in 2012 by Morelia, Michoacan-based Biofase. During that time, Scott Munguia was …

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Tips in Finding the Perfect Avocado

How to choose the right avocado

Avocados these days are a major favorite by many people. It is either you will have an avocado toast for breakfast or be planning to serve guacamole for a night party, avocado is a must have. Good thing, the latest episode of the popular Mad Genius Tips that can be viewed on Facebook Live talks …

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Laurel Wilt Disease Can Be Detected by Dogs in Avocado Trees

If there are 229 trials and only 12 provided negative results, this implies that the trials were close to accurate. The result happened when dogs were able to detect laurel wilt affected wood of avocado trees. Surprisingly, a dog in high-performance level despite the high humidity and heat caused by harsh weather conditions has this …

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Man in Chile Got his New Phone with 58 Kilos of Avocados

Just this week in Chile, a man bought a mobile device through a traditional way of buying. He bought the phone from Chile’s biggest department store by paying it with 58 kilos of avocados. The country is currently facing avocado shortage as it is domestically widely consumed. Over the past few weeks, the street market …

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Avocado Toast Chocolate Bar Made a Debut in Los Angeles

One chocolate brand has launched a combination of avocado and chocolate called avocado toast chocolate bar that made everyone went crazy about it. Last week, according to its website, Compartes, a Los Angeles based shop with chocolates as their main ingredient released the avocado chocolate bar. It is made from creamy white chocolate blended with …

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