KADIMA-ZORAN, Israel — Weighing a whopping 10.19 ounces, more than half a pound, a mammoth Israeli strawberry this week was declared the world's largest by Guinness World Records.

The strawberry was picked on Chahi Ariel's family farm near the city of Netanya in central Israel in February 2021. But only this week, Guinness confirmed it as the heaviest on record.

"We waited for a year for the results," Ariel said. "We kept it in the freezer for a year. It's no longer as pretty as it was."