Largest Smoothie

The Dairy Farmers of Canada made a 1,000-litre (264 US gallons) All Canadian Blueberry Smoothie from 550 liters of milk, 300 kg of frozen blueberries, 150 liters of vanilla yogurt and 35 liters of honey - setting the new world record. The largest smoothie was made at  the Bust-a-Record Dairy Day celebration. The massive mixture was blended together in a giant 1,200-litre stainless steel bolt tank by a team of leading Canadian dairy producers.

Jacques Laforge, president of Dairy Farmers of Canada said that  by Setting the world record with the All Canadian Blueberry Smoothie was a wonderful way to celebrate the Canadian dairy producers  penchant for   purity, their great taste for dairy products and high quality of Canadian milk.

Amidst a festival-like atmosphere of cow milking, contests and fun, hundreds of Canadian milk fans braved the scorching heat to cheer on the record breaking team and enthusiastically celebrated the win by downing free samples of the world's largest smoothie.

To help commemorate breaking the Guinness(TM) World Record for the world's largest smoothie, Dairy Farmers of Canada partnered with Canadian processors from across the country. MOOV, a Quebec based company provided blueberries from Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean, the honey was provided by Honey Bunny, a company from Alberta, and the milk and yogurt were provided by Parmalat in Ontario. Ontario's Moonstone Mechanical provided the giant mixing tank.

The '100% Canadian Milk' symbol on dairy products certifies the Canadian origin of the milk used, as well as its high quality, freshness and great taste. Dairy products made from 100% Canadian milk are rich in essential nutrients and are part of a healthy diet.

Dairy Farmers of Canada (DFC) strives to create favourable conditions for the Canadian dairy industry, today and in the future. DFC works to maintain policies that foster the viability of Canadian dairy producers and to promote quality Canadian dairy products made from 100% Canadian milk as part of a healthy balanced diet. DFC is completely funded by dairy producers.

The New world record beat out the previous world record by about 90 gallons. The former world record stood at a 681 liter concoction of banana, strawberries, sorbet, ice and fruit juice, made July 22, 2006 by Booster Juice in London.

The Largest smoothie was consisted of a 1000 liter  All Canadian Blue Berry smoothie from 550 liters of milk,300 Kg of frozen blue berries, 150 liters of vanilla yogurt and 35 liters of honey was set by Dairy Farmers of Canada  at Toronto, Canada on July 16,2010.