Junee Licorice Factory regains record

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Hayden Evers, 15, threads the licorice strap that would become the world's longest piece of licorice. Picture: Declan Rurenga
Hayden Evers, 15, threads the licorice strap that would become the world’s longest piece of licorice. Picture: Declan Rurenga
During the 2014 Rhythm’n’Rail Festival, The Junee Chocolate and Licorice Factory has snatched back its title of creating the longest piece of licorice in the world.

It took the factory just 52 minutes to smash the Guinness World Record of Swedish companies Lakritsfabriken and Scandi Candy.

The record held by the Swedish companies stood at 519 metres, with the factory smashing it by forming a strap 612m long.

It it the second time the factory has set the world record, with the first being in 2008 at just 244 metres at the maiden Rhythm n Rail Festival.

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