CAPE TOWN HAS THE LONGEST CAN LINE IN THE WORLD

The non-profit organization, Ladles of Love, recently came up with a new challenge using just cans of food to raise money for charity in the South African city of Cape Town. And they’ve done it, setting a new world record for the longest line of food cans in the world.

Specifically, 6.7 km of cans in a row for which they used a total of 90,450 metal containers that were placed in the V&A Waterfront of the port city, and is that Cape Town is one of the most versatile cities in the world. Few people know that Robben Island, the infamous prison where Nelson Mandela was imprisoned and which is now a living museum, is located in the bay of Robben Island.

Until now, the record was held by the IUFoST World Congress 2014, which collected 44,966 cans, covering a not inconsiderable distance of 3.28 km. The International Union of Food Science and Technology is also a global scientific organization dedicated to disseminating information on food science and technology, representing more than 200,000 food scientists and technologists from over 38 countries.

The organization has served more than 20 million meals since last year, according to Ladles of Love founder Danny Diliberto. “In breaking this world record, it’s not just about the accolades, it’s about all the people we will be able to feed with these cans of food,” said Diliberto.

V&A Food Market has also congratulated the organisation on their social media with the message “congratulations to @LadlesofLove for breaking a world record by creating the longest line of food cans – a 6.7km line consisting of 90 450 cans!”.

All of the canned food used for this mega challenge will now be distributed to 250 soup kitchens which will allow the organization to distribute cooked food to the most vulnerable members of the community.