World's Largest Goat Cheese Weighs 1,179 Pounds

(NewsCore) - An Italian goat cheese weighing in at almost 535 kg (1,179 pounds) was officially recognized Monday as the largest in the world, the Italian news agency ANSA reported.

ANSA said the Guinness World Record office in London told the cheese's makers in the town of Castel di Lama in Marche, central Italy, that the whopper pecorino, which is 158 cm (5.1 feet) in diameter and 29 cm (11.4 inches) high had taken the title.

ANSA said some 25 volunteers worked for eight hours to put together 850 kg (1,873 pounds) of curd from 3,500 liters (924 gallons) of milk from 3,000 goats. After seasoning for nine months, it tipped the scales at 534.7 kg.