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Popcorn!

AT HOME SCIENCE Thanks to the invention of the microwave, 70% of popcorn is consumed in the home. Each kernel of popcorn contains a small drop of water stored inside a circle of soft starch. As the kernel heats up, the water begins to expand. The pressure inside the kernal builds, the starch expands, and the hull is turned inside out. SALES The peak period for popcorn sales for home consumption is the fall. Sales remain fairly high throughout the winter months, but they taper off during the spring and summer. GLOBAL CONSUMPTION U/ World-wide sales of popcorn are steadily increasing, but most of the popcorn consumed around the world is grOWn in the United States. POPCORN Americans consume 16 billion quarts of popped popcorn annually. That's 52 quarts per man, woman and child, INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT POPCORN Explorers in New Mexico found popcorn dating Popcorn at the Popcorn has been known Lighter varieties of popcorn without the cinema accounts for to pop up to 3 feet in the only 30% of consumption. back to 3600 butter and salt B.C. air! are very healthy. ...--..

Popcorn!

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Here is a simple infographic on how popcorn is made, pops, and makes us feel good!

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