Now and then… the 1991 Mars Bar alongside one from today
A 35-year-old Mars Bar has been found during a house clearance – and the discovery has gone viral amid claims it highlights the effect of "shrinkflation".
The chocolate bar with a best-before date of 1991 was found during a clear-out of a house in Scunthorpe.
Victoria Gordon, who runs the cleaning service, posted a photo on social media of the 62.5g bar alongside one of today's Mars Bars, which is 40g.
"It was nearly as big as my hand, which was kind of why I noticed it," she said.
Victoria Gordon found the old Mars Bar on 5 August
Speaking on BBC Radio Lincolnshire, Gordon said: "We were clearing out a hoarder's house and everything we were rooting through was decades old.
"This Mars Bar stood out to me because as I picked it up it was nearly the whole length of my hand.
"I was like, 'Wow, look at the size of that!'"
The chocolate was found during a house clearance
Gordon, who runs Pocket Rockets, is not sure what she will do with the bar, but she said she might be sitting on a "gold mine".
"I do post some hoarding videos but I've never had anything go this viral," she said.
"It's so fascinating what people find so interesting. I almost put it in the skip [but] I might do a UK tour with it."
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