Rowan Umland was munching through a packet of salt and vinegar flavoured Hula Hoops – his favourite snack – when he spotted one that was not like the others.
The 19-year-old found a huge crisp tube – and now he thinks it might be the biggest one ever.
Getting his measuring tape out, he discovered it’s almost 4in.
Although gobsmacked by the supersized treat, he says he won’t eat it.
It’s now being stored in a box, and hopes Guinness World Records might be interested in it.
Previous records for the biggest ever were claimed in 2014 by a 31-year-old man who found a 3in long tube and put it on eBay.
In 2019 an eight-year-old lad beat it, with a 3in crisp he found in a bag he was munching as an after school snack.
Rowan says he’s keeping his for now but could be tempted to sell the 9.3cm (3.7in) crisp it if the price is right.
Rowan from Peckham, south London, said: ‘I opened the packet and it was the first thing I saw – I couldn’t believe it.
‘I did consider eating it for a split second because I was hungry, but I thought it might give people a laugh so I put it to one side.
‘I love Hula Hoops and I’ve eaten hundreds of bags in my lifetime, but I’ve never seen anything like this before.
‘It’s got to be one of the biggest – if not the biggest – in the world!
‘I’m definitely not going to eat it, and it’s being kept safely in a box – who knows who might want it one day? A collector, a museum?
‘I’ve already had to tell my family ‘hands off’!’
Rowan got the crisps from his local Sainsbury’s and found the whopper on May 11.
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