Guacamole Michoacán, Mexico. The serving weighed 3,788 kg (8,351 lb) and had more than 350 people help prepare it. Guacamole Guacamole (; informally shortened to "guac" in English-speaking territories since the 1980s) is an avocado-based dip, spread, or salad first developed by the Aztecs in what is now Mexico. In addition to its use in modern Mexican cuisine, it has become part of international and American cuisine as a dip, condiment and salad ingredient. The name comes from an Aztec dialect via Nahuatl , which literally translates to "avocado sauce", from "āhuacatl" ("avocado") + "molli" ("sauce", literally "concoction"). In Mexican Spanish,
Vital ingredient Vital ingredient Vital Ingredient is a UK company which operates a chain of made-to-order salad and soup bars in London, mainly based in the City and around Soho. The company was founded by Alex Heynes, with the first Vital Ingredient store opening in Soho in 2001. It expanded to 5 stores by 2008. From 2011 to 2015 the company tripled its number of outlets after the company took on some equity investment from property entrepreneur Paul Oberschneider and in 2015 opened its 17th outlet on Artillery Row in Victoria. In early 2015 Paolo Peretti was appointed managing director with 2015