Foodies hail UK's biggest cheese ball - weighing 2kg with 5,000 calories

A restaurant has unveiled the UK’s biggest cheese ball – containing 5,000 calories and tipping the scales at a whopping 2kg.

Footage shows the molten mozzarella ball being created then pulled apart, with hot cheese inside stretching out for over five feet.

The supersize snack from burger restaurant Fat Hippo contains 20 times more calories than a Big Mac.